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(Created page with "Toki Pona has several words, hereon the '''book words''', relating to works in the ''Official Toki Pona'' series: *{{tp|pu}}, "(interacting with) {{pu|en}}" *{{tp|ku}}, "(interacting with) {{ku|en}}" *{{tp|su}}, "(interacting with) the series of story books starting with {{Oz}}" *{{tp|ju}}, {{tp|lu}}, {{tp|nu}}, and {{tp|u}}, the remaining words reserved in ''Toki Pona Dictionary'' for future projects ==Usage== The...") |
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Despite the high usage of the word {{tp|pu}} as of the 2023 {{tok|[[Linku]]}} survey, some [[Tokiponists]] have criticized the book words.
One essay{{citation needed|date=2024-04-06|reason=whose? Is this {{tok|jan Olipija}}'s blog?}} calls the words a sign of "an internal contradiction" between Toki Pona as "the language of the community" and Toki Pona as "inextricably linked to the works of {{tok|[[jan Sonja]]}}", and argues that they reveal {{w|Linguistic prescriptivism|prescriptivist}} tendencies.<ref name="reasonable redefinition" />
Conflicts with Toki Pona's [[philosophy]] and [[grammar]] have also been perceived, from arguments about [[Minimalism|word count allocation]],<ref name="reasonable redefinition" /> to the words effectively functioning as {{w|proper noun}}s and not standard names. However, the book words have also been defended on these fronts. Regarding the word {{tp|pu}} in 2017, {{tok|[[jan Misali]]}} asserted that Toki Pona is "the sort of language that would have the goal of having as few words as possible but then add an extra word as a joke."<ref>{{sect|Source:jan Misali's thoughts on words#pu|Source:{{tok|jan Misali}}'s thoughts on words#pu}}</ref>
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