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This is a list of tokiponized place and language names. In the sections "Place Names" and "Language Names", the book Toki Pona: The Language of Good includes many suggestions for these. However, when a community has chosen another name for itself, it is encouraged to use that name instead.
Place names
Continents
The book Toki Pona: The Language of Good includes suggestions for six continents.
It makes a distinction between the Americas as a continent (ma Amelika), derived from Romance languages, compared with the name of the United States (ma Mewika), often simply called "America". The latter has the characteric English rhotic transcribed as /w/.
Names from smaller subcontinents are not specified, however, the words lete and seli are often used for "north" and "south", as in ma Amelika lete ("North America").[1]
Place | Tokiponized name[2] |
---|---|
Americas | ma Amelika |
Antarctica | ma Antasika |
Africa | ma Apika |
Asia | ma Asija |
Europe | ma Elopa |
Oceania | ma Osejanija |
Countries
The original book gives recommended names for several countries and autonomous regions. Non-sovereign entities and unrecognized states are marked in italics.
Country | Endonym | ISO code | Name in pu[3] | Chosen name |
---|---|---|---|---|
Armenia | Հայաստան (Hayastan) | AM
|
ma Aja | |
Afghanistan | Afġānistān افغانستان |
AF
|
ma Akanisan | |
Ireland |
Ireland (English) |
IE
|
ma Alan | ma Ele |
Argentina | Argentina | AR
|
ma Alensina | |
Angola |
Angola (Portuguese) |
AO
|
ma Ankola | |
South Korea | 한국 / 韓國 (Hanguk) | KR
|
ma Anku | |
Andorra | Andorra | AN
|
ma Antola | |
Haiti |
Haïti (French) |
HT
|
ma Awisi | |
Ecuador | Ecuador | EC
|
ma Ekato | |
Greece | Ελλάδα (Ellada) | GR
|
ma Elena | ma Elina[citation needed] |
Eritrea | ER
|
ma Eliteja | ||
Spain |
España (Spanish) |
ES
|
ma Epanja | |
Austria | Österreich | AT
|
ma Esalasi | |
Estonia | Eesti | EE
|
ma Esi | |
Basque Country |
Euskal Herria (Basque) |
ES-PV
|
ma Esuka | |
England | England | GB-ENG
|
ma Inli | |
Iraq |
العراق (Al-'Iraq) (Arabic) |
IQ
|
ma Ilakija | |
Iran | ایران (Īrān) | IR
|
ma Ilan | |
Indonesia | Indonesia | ID
|
ma Intonesija | |
Israel | ישראל (Yīsrāʾēl) إسرائيل (ʾIsrāʾīl) |
IL
|
ma Isale | |
Ethiopia | ኢትዮጵያ (Ītyōṗṗyā) | ET
|
ma Isijopija | |
Iceland | Ísland | IS
|
ma Isilan | |
Italy | Italia | IT
|
ma Italija | |
Yemen | اليمن (Al-Yaman) | YE
|
ma Jamanija | |
United Kingdom |
United Kingdom |
GB
|
ma Juke | |
Greenland |
Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenlandic) |
GL
|
ma Kalalinuna | |
Cameroon | Cameroun (French) Cameroon (English) |
CM
|
ma Kamelun | |
Ghana |
Ghana (English) |
GH
|
ma Kana | |
Canada | Canada | CA
|
ma Kanata | |
Gambia | The Gambia | GM
|
ma Kanpija | |
Cambodia | កម្ពុជា (Kămpŭchéa) | KH
|
ma Kanpusi | |
France | France | FR
|
ma Kanse | |
Gabon | Gabon | GA
|
ma Kapon | |
Catalonia | Catalunya | ES-CT
|
ma Katala | |
Georgia | საქართველო (Sak'art'velo) | GE
|
ma Katelo | |
Guatemala | Guatemala | GT
|
ma Katemala | ma Watemala[citation needed] |
Grenada | Grenada | GD
|
ma Kenata | |
Kenya | Kenya | KE
|
ma Kenja | |
Kiribati | Kiribati | KI
|
ma Kilipasi | |
Guinea | Guinée (French) ߖߌ߬ߣߍ߫ (Gine) (N'Ko) 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫 (Gine) (Pular) |
GN
|
ma Kine | |
Equatorial Guinea | Guinea Ecuatorial (Spanish) Guinée équatoriale (French) Guiné Equatorial (Portuguese) |
GQ
|
ma Kinejekatolija | |
Guinea-Bissau | Guiné-Bissau | GW
|
ma Kinepisa | |
Wales | Cymru (Welsh) Wales (English) |
GB-WLS/GB-CYM
|
ma Kinla | ma Kinla,
ma Kinli |
Cyprus |
Κύπρος (Kypros) (Greek) |
TR
|
ma Kiposi | |
Comoros | Comores (French) Komori (Shikomori) جزر القمر (Juzur al-Qamar) (Arabic) |
KM
|
ma Komo | |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | République démocratique du Congo | CG
|
ma Konko | ma Konko pi ma tomo Kinsasa[citation needed] |
Congo | République du Congo Repubilika ya Kôngo Republíki ya Kongó |
CG
|
ma Konko | ma Konko pi ma tomo Pasawi[citation needed] |
Costa Rica | Costa Rica | CR
|
ma Kosalika | |
Ivory Coast | Côte d'Ivoire | CI
|
ma Kosiwa | |
Kurdistan | کوردستان | IQ-KR
|
ma Kuli | |
Gujarat | ગુજરાત | IN-GJ
|
ma Kusala | |
Cuba | Cuba | CU
|
ma Kupa | |
Kuwait | الكويت (Al-Kuwayt) | KW
|
ma Kuwasi | |
Sri Lanka |
ශ්රී ලංකාව (Sri Lankā) (Sinhala) |
LK
|
ma Lanka | |
Liberia | Liberia | LR
|
ma Lapewija | |
Latvia | Latvija | LV
|
ma Lawi | |
Lesotho | Lesotho | LS
|
ma Lesoto | |
Lithuania | Lietuva | LT
|
ma Lijatuwa | |
Libya | LY
|
ma Lipija | ||
Liechtenstein | Liechtenstein | LI
|
ma Lisensan | |
Romania | România | RO
|
ma Lomani | |
Russia | Россия (Rossiya) | RU
|
ma Losi | ma Losi,[citation needed] ma Lusi[citation needed] |
Croatia | Hrvatska | HR
|
ma Lowasi | |
Slovakia | Slovensko | SK
|
ma Lowenki | |
Slovenia | Slovenija | SL
|
ma Lowensina | |
Lebanon |
لبنان (Lubnān) (Arabic) |
LB
|
ma Lunpan | |
Luxembourg |
Lëtzebuerg (Luxembourgish) |
LU
|
ma Lusepu | |
Rwanda |
Rwanda Rwanda |
RW
|
ma Luwanta | |
North Macedonia | Македонија (Makedonija) | MK
|
ma Maketonija | |
Madagascar | MG
|
ma Malakasi | ||
Malaysia | Malaysia | MY
|
ma Malasija | ma Malasija,[citation needed] ma Malesija[citation needed] |
Malawi | MW
|
ma Malawi | ||
Mali | Mali | ML
|
ma Mali | |
Morocco | MA
|
ma Malipe | ||
Egypt | مصر (Maṣr) | EG
|
ma Masu | |
Mexico |
México (Spanish) |
MX
|
ma Mesiko | ma Mesiko,[citation needed] ma Mekiko[citation needed] |
United States | America, USA |
US
|
ma Mewika | ma Mewika,[citation needed] ma Juwese[citation needed] |
Myanmar | မြန်မာ (Myanma) | MM
|
ma Mijama | |
Mozambique | Moçambique | MZ
|
ma Mosanpi | |
Hungary | Magyarország | HU
|
ma Mosijo | ma Makija,
ma Maja |
Moldova | Moldova | MD
|
ma Motowa | |
Mauritius |
Mauritius (English) |
MU
|
ma Mowisi | |
Mauritania | موريتانيا (Mūrītānyā) | MR
|
ma Mulitanija | |
Namibia | Namibia | NA
|
ma Namipija | |
Nigeria |
Nigeria (English) |
NG
|
ma Naselija | |
Netherlands | Nederland Nederlân |
NL
|
ma Netelan | |
Japan | 日本 (Nihon) | JP
|
ma Nijon | ma Nijon, (ma Nipon)[4] |
Niger | Niger | NE
|
ma Nise | |
Norway |
Norge (Norwegian Bokmål) |
NO
|
ma Nosiki | |
New Zealand |
New Zealand (English) |
NZ
|
ma Nusilan | ma Nusilan,[citation needed] ma Otejalowa[citation needed] |
Honduras | Honduras | HN
|
ma Ontula | |
Australia | Australia | AU
|
ma Oselija | ma Oselija,
ma Oseja |
Pakistan | Pakistan Pākistān پاکستان |
PK
|
ma Pakisan | |
Paraguay |
Paraguay (Spanish) |
PY
|
ma Palakawi | |
Bahrain | البحرين (Al-Baḥrayn) | BH
|
ma Palani | |
India |
ভাৰত (Bhārôt) (Assamese) |
IN
|
ma Palata | |
Panama | Panamá | PA
|
ma Panama | |
Bangladesh | বাংলাদেশ (Bānglādesh) | BD
|
ma Panla | |
Barbados | Barbados | BB
|
ma Papeto | |
Papua New Guinea | Papua New Guinea Papua Niugini Papua Niu Gini |
PG
|
ma Papuwanijukini | |
Brazil | Brasil | BR
|
ma Pasila | ma Pasiju[citation needed] |
Bahamas | The Bahamas | BS
|
ma Pawama | |
Belarus |
Беларусь (Bielaruś) (Belarussian) |
BY
|
ma Pelalusi | |
Peru |
Perú (Spanish) |
PE
|
ma Pelu | |
Bermuda | Bermuda | BM
|
ma Pemuta | |
Benin | Bénin | BJ
|
ma Penen | |
Venezuela | Venezuela | VE
|
ma Penesuwela | |
Belgium |
België (Dutch) |
BE
|
ma Pesije | |
Brittany | Bretagne (French)
Breizh (Breton) Bertaèyn/Bertègn (Gallo) |
FR-BRE
|
ma Peson | |
Philippines |
Pilipinas Philippines |
PH
|
ma Pilipina | |
Palestine | فلسطين (Filasṭīn) | PS
|
ma Pilisin | |
Fiji |
Fiji (English) |
FJ
|
ma Pisi | |
Tibet | བོད (Böd) | CN-XZ
|
ma Po | |
Bulgaria | България (Bŭlgariya) | BG
|
ma Pokasi | |
Bosnia and Herzogovina | Bȍsna i Hèrcegovina (Latin script)
Бо̏сна и Хѐрцеговина (Cyrillic script) |
BA
|
ma Posan | |
Poland | Polska | PL
|
ma Posuka | ma Posuka,[citation needed] ma Posuki[citation needed] |
Botswana | Botswana | BW
|
ma Posuwana | |
Portugal | Portugal | PT
|
ma Potuke | |
Burkina Faso | Burkina Faso | BF
|
ma Pukinapaso | |
San Marino | San Marino | SM
|
ma Samalino | |
Jamaica | Jamaica | JM
|
ma Sameka | |
Zambia | Zambia | ZM
|
ma Sanpija | |
Central African Republic |
Centrafrique (French) |
CF
|
ma Santapiken | |
Algeria |
الجزائر (Al-Jazā'ir) (Arabic) |
DZ
|
ma Sasali | |
Chad |
Tchad |
TD
|
ma Sate | |
Eswatini |
Eswatini (English) |
SZ
|
ma Sawasi | |
Saudi Arabia | السعودية (As-Suʿūdīyah) | SA
|
ma Sawusi[a] | ma Sajusi[citation needed] |
Samoa |
Samoa (English) |
WS
|
ma Samowa | |
Czechia | Česko | CZ
|
ma Seki | |
Senegal |
Sénégal (French) |
SN
|
ma Seneka | |
South Africa |
Suid-Afrika (Afrikaans) |
ZA
|
ma Setapika | |
Sierra Leone | Sierra Leone | SL
|
ma Sijelalijon | |
Chile | Chile | CL
|
ma Sile | |
Trinidad and Tobago | Trinidad and Tobago | TT
|
ma Sinita | |
Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe | ZW
|
ma Sinpapuwe | |
Albania | Shqipëria | AL
|
ma Sipe | |
Djibouti |
جيبوتي (Jībūtī) |
DJ
|
ma Sipusi | |
Somalia |
Soomaaliya (Somali) |
SO
|
ma Somalija | |
China | 中国 (Zhōngguó) | CN
|
ma Sonko | |
Serbia | Србија (Srbija) | RS
|
ma Sopisi | |
Scotland |
Scotland (English) |
GB-SCT
|
ma Sukosi | |
Syria | Suriyah سورية |
SY
|
ma Sulija | |
Finland |
Suomi (Finnish) |
FI
|
ma Sumi | |
Sudan | السودان (As-Sudan) | SD
|
ma Sutan | |
Switzerland |
Schweiz (German) |
CH
|
ma Suwasi | |
Tanzania | Tanzania | TZ
|
ma Tansanija | |
Denmark | Danmark | DK
|
ma Tansi | |
Thailand | ประเทศไทย (Prathet Thai) | TH
|
ma Tawi | |
Togo |
Togo (French) |
TG
|
ma Toko | |
Dominican Republic | República Dominicana | DO
|
ma Tominika | |
Tonga | Tonga | TO
|
ma Tona | |
Germany | Deutschland | DE
|
ma Tosi | |
Turkey | Türkiye | TR
|
ma Tuki | |
Tunisia | تونس (Tūns) | TN
|
ma Tunisi | |
Tuvalu | Tuvalu | TV
|
ma Tuwalu | |
Uganda | Uganda | UG
|
ma Ukanta | |
Ukraine | Україна (Ukrajina) | UA
|
ma Ukawina | |
Uruguay | Uruguay | UY
|
ma Ulukawi | ma Uluwa [citation needed] |
Oman | عُمان (‘Umān) | OM
|
ma Uman | |
Jordan | الأردن (Al-’Urdun) | JO
|
ma Utun | |
Vanuatu | Vanuatu | VU
|
ma Wanuwatu | |
Vatican City |
Città del Vaticano (Italian) |
VA
|
ma Wasikano | |
Sweden | Sverige | SE
|
ma Wensa | ma Sensa[citation needed] |
Vietnam | Việt Nam | VN
|
ma Wije | |
Azerbaijan | Azərbaycan | AZ
|
— | ma Asepasan[citation needed] |
Kazakhstan | Қазақстан (Qazaqstan) | KZ
|
— | ma Kasatan[citation needed] |
Kosovo | Kosova (Albanian) Косово (Kosovo) (Serbian) |
XK
|
— | ma Kosowa[citation needed] |
Malta | Malta | MT
|
— | ma Mata[citation needed] |
Monaco | Monaco | MC
|
— | ma Monako[citation needed] |
Montenegro | Crna Gora / Црна Гора | ME
|
— | ma Sinakola[citation needed] |
North Korea | 조선 Chosŏn | KP
|
— | ma Soson[citation needed] |
Taiwan | 臺灣 / 台灣 (Táiwān) | TW
|
— | ma Tawan[citation needed] |
Language names
Spoken languages
Language | Tokiponized name | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Exonym | Endonym | ISO 639-3
|
pu[5] | Chosen |
Arabic | اَلْعَرَبِيَّةُ | ara
|
toki Alapi | |
Afrikaans | Afrikaans | afr
|
toki Apikan | |
Hausa | هَرْشَن هَوْسَ | hau
|
toki Awasa | |
Haitian Creole | kreyòl ayisyen | hat
|
toki Awisi | |
Greek | ελληνικά | ell
|
toki Elena | toki Elina |
Spanish | español, castellano |
spa
|
toki Epanja | |
Estonian | eesti keel | est
|
toki Esi | |
Basque | euskara | eus
|
toki Esuka | |
English | English | eng
|
toki Inli | |
Hindi | हिन्दी | hin
|
toki Insi | |
Indonesian | Bahasa Indonesia | ind
|
toki Intonesija | |
Inuit languages |
|
toki Inu | ||
Igbo | Ásụ̀sụ́ Ìgbò | ibo
|
toki Ipo | |
Icelandic | íslenska | isl
|
toki Isilan | |
Italian | italiano | ita
|
toki Italija | |
Hebrew | עִבְרִית | heb
|
toki Iwisi | |
Yoruba | Èdè Yorùbá, عِدعِ يوْرُبا
|
yor
|
toki Jolupa | |
Scottish Gaelic | Gàidhlig | gla
|
toki Kalike | |
French | français | fra
|
toki Kanse | |
Cantonese | 廣東話, 广东话 |
yue
|
toki Kantun | |
Welsh | Cymraeg | cym
|
toki Kinla | |
Latin | lingua Latīna | lat
|
toki Lasina | |
Romanian | limba română, лимба ромынэ |
ron
|
toki Lomani | |
Russian | русский язык | rus
|
toki Losi | toki Losi, toki Lusi |
Croatian | hrvatski | hrv
|
toki Lowasi | |
Hungarian | magyar nyelv | hun
|
toki Mosijo | |
Dutch | Nederlands | nld
|
toki Netelan | |
Japanese | 日本語 | jpn
|
toki Nijon | toki Nijon, (toki Nipon)[4] |
Norwegian (Bokmål) | bokmål | nob
|
toki Nosiki | |
Norwegian Nynorsk | nynorsk | nno
|
toki Nosiki sin | |
Bengali | বাংলা | ben
|
toki Panla | |
Breton | brezhoneg | bre
|
toki Peson | |
Bulgarian | български език | bul
|
toki Pokasi | |
Bosnian | bosanski, босански |
bos
|
toki Posan | |
Portuguese | português | por
|
toki Potuke | |
Jamaican Patois | Patwa, Jamiekan Kriyuol, Jumiekan Kryuol, Jumieka Taak, Jumiekan languij |
jam
|
toki Sameka | |
Czech | čeština | ces
|
toki Seki | |
Tsez | цезйас мец | ddo
|
toki Sesi | |
Albanian | shqipja | sqi
|
toki Sikipe | |
Chinese | 中文, 汉语, 漢語 |
zho
|
toki Sonko | |
Serbian | српски језик, srpski jezik |
srp
|
toki Sopisi | |
Finnish | suomi | fin
|
toki Sumi | |
Danish | dansk | dan
|
toki Tansi | |
Tok Pisin | Tok Pisin | tpi
|
toki Topisin | |
German | Deutsch | deu
|
toki Tosi |
Sign languages
Language | Tokiponized name | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Exonym | Endonym | ISO 639-3
|
pu[5] | Chosen |
French Sign Language | fsl
|
toki luka Kanse | ||
Quebec Sign Language | fcs
|
toki luka Kepeka | ||
American Sign Language | ase
|
toki luka Mewika | ||
Australian Sign Language | asf
|
toki luka Oselija | ||
British Sign Language | bfi
|
toki luka Piten | ||
Chinese Sign Language | csl
|
toki luka Sonko | ||
German Sign Language | gsg
|
toki luka Tosi | ||
Manually Coded English | — | toki Inli luka |
Constructed languages
Language | Tokiponized name | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Exonym | Endonym | ISO 639-3
|
pu[5] | Chosen |
Afrihili | Ɛl-Afrihili | afh
|
toki Apiwili | |
Esperanto | Esperanto | epo
|
toki Epelanto | |
Basic English | Basic English | — | toki Inli pona | |
Lingua Ignota | — | toki Inota | ||
Interlingua | interlingua | ina
|
toki Intelinwa | |
Ido | Ido | ido
|
toki Ito | |
Quenya | Eldarin | qya
|
toki Kuwenja | |
Láadan | Láadan | ldn
|
toki Latan | |
Lojban | la .lojban. | jbo
|
toki Losupan | |
Mänti | Mänti | — | toki Mansi | |
Na'vi | Lìʼfya leNaʼvi | — | toki Nawi | |
Volapük | Volapük, Volapꞟk |
vol
|
toki Olapi | |
Baôleybelen | — | toki Palepelen | ||
Fyksian | — | toki Pasiki | ||
Toki Pona | toki pona | tok
|
toki pona | |
Seren | — | toki Selen | ||
Semitish | — | toki Semisi | ||
Klingon | tlhIngan Hol | tlh
|
toki Sinan | |
Sindarin | sjn
|
toki Sintalin | ||
Unker Non-Linear Writing System | — | toki sitelen Anlasi | ||
Blissymbols | (Blissymbol) | zbl
|
toki sitelen Pisinpo | |
Solresol | Solresol | — | toki Soleso | |
Somish | — | toki Soma | ||
Traumae | — | toki Tolome | ||
Dothraki | Lekh Dothraki | — | toki Tosulaki |
Gallery
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Tokiponized map of Europe
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State map of the United States (select "Toki Pona" as language and click "Go")
Notes
- ↑ The syllable wu violates Toki Pona's phonotactics.
References
- ↑ John E. Clifford. (29 March 2007). "Re: A few questions". Toki Pona Forums. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
- ↑ Lang, Sonja. (25 May 2014). Toki Pona: The Language of Good. Tawhid. ISBN 978-0978292300. OCLC 921253340. p. 112.
- ↑ Lang, Sonja. (25 May 2014). Toki Pona: The Language of Good. Tawhid. ISBN 978-0978292300. OCLC 921253340. pp. 112–119.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 kije Enki [@mikijeenki]. (27 January 2024). Poll in
#アンケート
. ぽなぽなジャパン. Discord. Retrieved 8 April 2024. - ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Lang, Sonja. (25 May 2014). Toki Pona: The Language of Good. Tawhid. ISBN 978-0978292300. OCLC 921253340. pp. 120–123.