toki pona luka
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Manually coded Toki Pona, also known as Signed Toki Pona or toki pona luka, is a proposed manually coded relex of Toki Pona, featuring the same grammar and word order. It is described in Toki Pona: The Language of Good.
toki pona luka has effectively been deprecated, and only consists of the 120 main nimi pu as a result. In the Toki Pona Dictionary, jan Sonja advocates and recommends learning luka pona, a naturalistic sign language, rather than toki pona luka.[1]
Phonology[edit | edit source]
Handshapes[edit | edit source]
Handshapes in toki pona luka describe the right hand.
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Flat hand
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Thumb-fist
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Bent hand
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O hand
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1 hand
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2 hand
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Wiggling hand
(spread fingers moving) -
L hand
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F hand
Locations[edit | edit source]
- In front of chest
- At side of forehead
- At side of chin
- At left shoulder
- At left elbow
- On top of left fist
- On stomach
- Under left slanted forearm
Orientations[edit | edit source]
Most signs specify the direction that the palm faces; others specify the direction a finger points.
- Left
- Up
- Down
- Forward
- Back
One or both hands[edit | edit source]
Most signs use only the right hand. Some signs use both hands, mirrored in gesture.
Dictionary[edit | edit source]
Sign | Handshape | Location | Orientation | Hands |
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a/kin | flat | at side of chin | palm left | one |
akesi | 2 | at left elbow | palm back | one |
ala | flat | at left shoulder | palm down | one |
alasa | 1 | at left shoulder | palm back | one |
ale/ali | wiggling | in front of chest | palm forward | both |
anpa | bent | in front of chest | palm down | one |
ante | bent | on top of left fist | palm left | one |
anu | L | in front of chest | palm down | one |
awen | L | at left shoulder | palm back | one |
e | flat | in front of chest | palm down | one |
en | L | on top of left fist | palm down | one |
esun | bent | in front of chest | palm up | both |
ijo | thumb-fist | in front of chest | palm down thumb left |
one |
ike | thumb-fist | in front of chest | palm forward | one |
ilo | thumb-fist | on top of left fist | palm up | one |
insa | L | on stomach | palm back | one |
jaki | thumb-fist | at side of chin | palm forward | one |
jan | 2 | at left shoulder | palm back | one |
jelo | F | on stomach | palm down | one |
jo | bent | on top of left fist | palm up | one |
kala | flat | at left elbow | palm back | one |
kalama | wiggling | at side of chin | palm left | one |
kama | bent | in front of chest | palm back | one |
kasi | F | on top of left fist | palm down | one |
ken | thumb-fist | at left shoulder | palm back | one |
kepeken | L | on top of left fist | palm left | one |
kili | thumb-fist | at side of chin | palm left | one |
kiwen | thumb-fist | on top of left fist | palm down | one |
ko | bent | on stomach | palm down | one |
kon | wiggling | in front of chest | palm left | one |
kule | F | in front of chest | palm left | one |
kulupu | 2 | at left shoulder | palm down | one |
kute | thumb-fist | at side of forehead | palm left | one |
la | bent | in front of chest | palm left | one |
lape | flat | at side of forehead | palm left | one |
laso | F | at left elbow | palm down | one |
lawa | flat | at side of forehead | palm forward | one |
len | bent | at left shoulder | palm back | one |
lete | wiggling | at left elbow | palm down | one |
li | flat | in front of chest | palm left | one |
lili | 2 | at side of chin | palm forward | one |
linja | 1 | at side of forehead | palm left | one |
lipu | flat | on top of left fist | palm up | one |
loje | F | at side of chin | palm left | one |
lon | 1 | on top of left fist | palm down | one |
luka | flat | in front of chest | palm forward | one |
lukin/oko | 2 | in front of chest | palm down | one |
lupa | O | in front of chest | palm left | one |
ma | flat | in front of chest | palm down | both |
mama | 2 | on stomach | palm down | one |
mani | thumb-fist | at left elbow | palm back | one |
meli | 2 | on stomach | palm back | one |
mi | thumb-fist | in front of chest | palm down thumb back |
one |
mije | 2 | on top of left fist | palm left | one |
moku | O | at side of chin | palm back | one |
moli | L | at side of forehead | palm back | one |
monsi | L | in front of chest | palm forward | one |
mu | wiggling | at side of chin | palm down | one |
mun | O | at side of forehead | palm left | one |
musi | wiggling | at side of forehead | palm left | one |
mute | flat | in front of chest | palm forward | both |
nanpa | 2 | in front of chest | palm back | one |
nasa | thumb-fist | at side of forehead | palm forward | one |
nasin | flat | in front of chest | palm left | both |
nena | bent | on top of left fist | palm down | one |
ni | L | at side of chin | palm back | one |
nimi | nothing | under left slanted forearm | — | one |
noka | flat | in front of chest | palm back | one |
o | wiggling | in front of chest | palm down | one |
olin | wiggling | on stomach | palm back | one |
ona | 1 | in front of chest | index finger left | one |
open | O | at left shoulder | palm down | one |
pakala | thumb-fist | on top of left fist | palm forward | one |
pali | thumb-fist | on top of left fist | palm left | one |
palisa | O | on top of left fist | palm left | one |
pan | F | at side of chin | palm back | one |
pana | wiggling | in front of chest | palm up | one |
pi | O | in front of chest | palm forward | one |
pilin | F | on stomach | palm back | one |
pimeja | F | at left shoulder | palm down | one |
pini | O | at left shoulder | palm up | one |
pipi | 1 | at left elbow | palm back | one |
poka | L | at left elbow | palm back | one |
poki | O | in front of chest | palm down | one |
pona | thumb-fist | in front of chest | palm left thumb up |
one |
pu | wiggling | on top of left fist | palm up | one |
sama | thumb-fist | in front of chest | palm down | both |
seli | wiggling | at left shoulder | palm down | one |
selo | F | at left elbow | palm back | one |
seme | flat | in front of chest | palm up | one |
sewi | 1 | in front of chest | palm left index finger up |
one |
sijelo | flat | on stomach | palm back | one |
sike | O | on top of left fist | palm down | one |
sin/namako | wiggling | on top of left fist | palm left | one |
sina | 1 | in front of chest | index finger forward | one |
sinpin | L | in front of chest | palm back | both |
sitelen | F | in front of chest | palm left | both |
sona | bent | at side of forehead | palm left | one |
soweli | flat | at left elbow | palm down | one |
suli | 2 | at side of forehead | palm forward | one |
suno | bent | at side of forehead | palm forward | one |
supa | flat | in front of chest | palm up | both |
suwi | 2 | at side of chin | palm left | one |
tan | bent | at left elbow | palm back | one |
taso | L | in front of chest | palm down | both |
tawa | bent | in front of chest | palm forward | one |
telo | wiggling | in front of chest | palm down | both |
tenpo | F | on top of left fist | palm left | one |
toki | bent | at side of chin | palm left | one |
tomo | bent | in front of chest | palm left | both |
tu | 2 | in front of chest | palm forward | one |
unpa | 2 | on top of left fist | palm down | one |
uta | 1 | at side of chin | palm back | one |
utala | thumb-fist | at left shoulder | palm forward | one |
walo | F | at side of forehead | palm down | one |
wan | 1 | in front of chest | palm forward index finger up |
one |
waso | O | at side of chin | palm forward | one |
wawa | thumb-fist | on stomach | palm back | one |
weka | O | at left elbow | palm down | one |
wile | O | on stomach | palm up | one |
A | thumb-fist | under left slanted forearm | palm back | one |
E | flat | under left slanted forearm | palm back | one |
I/J | 1 | under left slanted forearm | palm down | one |
K | bent | under left slanted forearm | palm down | one |
L | L | under left slanted forearm | palm back | one |
M | wiggling | under left slanted forearm | palm back | one |
N | wiggling | under left slanted forearm | palm down | one |
O | O | under left slanted forearm | palm down | one |
P | F | under left slanted forearm | palm down | one |
S | thumb-fist | under left slanted forearm | palm down | one |
T | flat | under left slanted forearm | palm down | one |
U/W | 2 | under left slanted forearm | palm back | one |
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Lang, Sonja. (18 July 2021). Toki Pona Dictionary. Illustrated by Vacon Sartirani. Tawhid. ISBN 978-0978292362. p. 11.
Signed Toki Pona (toki pona luka) was presented as a game to battle Lojbanists. A new and very pona project, luka pona, has since been designed by jan Olipija to be usable as a naturalistic sign language alongside Toki Pona. I recommend learning luka pona.
External links[edit | edit source]
- Description of toki pona luka on lipu pi jan Ne
- Media related to toki pona luka on Wikimedia Commons