Toki Pona: The Language of Good
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Toki Pona: The Language of Good, known in Toki Pona as lipu pu or (less formally) pu,[1] is the foundational resource of modern Toki Pona. It was written by Sonja Lang to describe her way of speaking the language at the time and finalize her work on Toki Pona. It was originally published in English in 2014, with several language editions since.
Contents
Toki Pona: The Language of Good presents Toki Pona's philosophy and is mostly dedicated to lessons and exercises, with texts and dictionaries afterward. As stated in the edition notice, its main dictionary section is released to the public domain.
The set of Toki Pona words used in lipu pu is called nimi pu. They include 120 main words, with 1 pronunciation variant, and 3 words presented as "synonyms" (but used as separate words to varying degrees before and since).
The book also features two writing systems created for the language: sitelen pona, which it fully describes, and the earlier sitelen sitelen by Jonathan Gabel.
The Toki Pona Dictionary has since amended pu's material with the section "Notes on lipu pu".
Editions
The English edition of Toki Pona: The Language of Good has been released as a paperback and as a Amazon Kindle e-book. The book has also been translated to several other languages.
| Year | Language | Title | Contains ku material? |
Product listing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | English | Toki Pona: The Language of Good | No | 0978292308 |
| 2016 | French | Toki Pona: la langue du bien | No | 0978292359 |
| 2021 | German | Toki Pona: Die Sprache des Guten | Yes | B09MJ8JPV6 |
| 2022 | Esperanto | Tokipono: La lingvo de bono | Yes | 9464376090 |
Related words
pu
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| Pronunciation | /pu/ |
|---|---|
| Usage | 2023: Core (96% ↗︎ )2022: Core (94%) |
| Book and era | nimi pu |
| Part of speech | Content word |
| Codepoint | U+F1955 |
The word pu is defined as "interacting with the official Toki Pona book". This generally refers to words and ways of speaking that are featured in Toki Pona: The Language of Good.
See also
References
- ↑ Lang, Sonja. (18 July 2021). Toki Pona Dictionary. Illustrated by Vacon Sartirani. Tawhid. ISBN 978-0978292362. p. 6.
Technically, the word pu describes the relationship and interaction between a person (jan pu) and the book (lipu pu). In informal usage, a number of people use pu as a name for the book itself or the variety of Toki Pona presented in it.
External links
| Development and usage | jan Sonja · Toki Pona: The Language of Good (2014) · Tokiponidos · Software (Tools · Fonts) · suno pi toki pona · Toki Pona census · Toki Pona Dictionary (2021) · UCSUR · Linku · ISO 639-3 |
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| Conventions | Phonology (Phonotactics) · Words (Tokiponization) · Grammar (Word order) · Social conventions · Writing systems (sitelen Lasina · sitelen pona · sitelen sitelen) · luka pona (sign language) · Number systems · Calendar systems · Styles (pu · pu-rism · ku · Nonstandard) |
| Philosophy | Minimalism · Context · Circumlocution · Expression · Lexicalization · Multiple sentences · Comparisons |
| Resources | Frequently asked questions · Courses · Dictionaries · Cheat sheets · Visual aids · Communities · Websites · Media |