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''Toki Pona: The Language of Good'' opens by presenting Toki Pona's [[philosophy]], and is mostly dedicated to lessons and exercises, with texts and dictionaries afterward. As stated in the edition notice, its [[Dictionary (pu)|main dictionary section]] is released to the public domain.
The set of Toki Pona words used in {{tp|lipu pu}} is called {{tp|[[nimi pu]]}}. They include 120 main words, with 1 pronunciation variant, and 3 words [[Synonyms#"Synonyms" in pu|presented as "
The book also features two [[writing system]]s created for the language: {{tp|[[sitelen pona]]}}, which it fully describes, and the earlier {{tp|[[sitelen sitelen]]}} by [[Jonathan Gabel]].
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* Peer reviewers: Christopher Huff ({{tok|jan Kowisi}}), Matthew Chrisholm ({{tok|jan Matejo}}), Joop Kiefte ({{tok|jan Mimoku}}), Michael Everson, Aaron Chapman ({{tok|jan Alono}}), John Clifford ({{tok|jan Kipo}}), Matthew Martin ({{tok|jan Mato}}), [[jan Pije|Bryant J. Knight]] ({{tok|jan Pije}}), Robert Warnke ({{tok|jan Lope}}), Sam Brenner ({{tok|jan San}}), Kobi Kai Calev ({{tok|jan Ka}}), Nizar Habash ({{tok|jan Nisa}}), and Paul Swift ({{tok|jan Po}})
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Reception to ''Toki Pona: The Language of Good'' has been mostly positive. The book is widely and continually recommended as one of the best [[learning resource]]s.
Most criticism pertains to the book's [[style of Toki Pona]] diverging from community usage, which has since been amended in a [[Notes on lipu pu|freely released section]] of the following book, {{ku|en}}. [[Tokiponist]] {{tok|jan Kipo}} (John Clifford) cited {{tok|jan Sonja}}'s lack of presence in the community at the time, and criticized the addition of "fairly useless words", inclusion of "duplicate word[s]", and lack of focus on "clarify[ing] problematic points", predicting that the book "is bound to be taken as official rather than idiosyncratic".<ref>{{cite web|url=//amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R2Q6HW5A6Q94IQ|title=Customer Review|author=Clifford, John E.|username=|date=August 21, 2014|website=Amazon|publisher=|access-date=2024-04-06|quote=}}</ref>
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The word {{tp|pu}} is defined as "interacting with the official Toki Pona book". This generally refers to [[nimi pu|words]] and [[Styles of Toki Pona|ways of speaking]] that are featured in the book ''Toki Pona: The Language of Good''.
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==See also==
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