Toki Pona: Difference between revisions

{{Hatnote|See also {{wp|Toki Pona|the Wikipedia article}}.}}

[[File:Toki pona.svg|thumb|180px|The {{tp|toki pona}} logo. It is retrofitted into {{tp|[[sitelen pona]]}} as the combined glyph {{sp|toki-pona}}.]]

#: Only certain words have preverb definitions, mainly {{tp|[[awen]]}} ("to continue"), {{tp|[[kama]]}} ("to come", as in {{tp|kama sona}}, "to come to know", "to learn", or {{tp|kama jo}}, "to come to have", "to get"), {{tp|[[ken]]}} ("to be able"), {{tp|[[lukin]] / [[alasa]]}} ("to try"), {{tp|[[sona]]}} ("to know how"), and {{tp|[[wile]]}} ("to need / want").

# '''Context phrases''' come before the main sentence. {{tp|[[la]]}} ends each context phrase.

 

== History ==

Sonja Lang started developing Toki Pona to simplify her thoughts during periods of depression. It was also partly inspired by Taoist philosophy. She shared early versions of the language online starting in 2001, and got feedback on words and features. The project initially gained popularity with Esperantists. Much of the early activity was on Yahoo! Groups and a dedicated phpBB forum.

 

 

== Community ==

 

The [//tokipona.org official Toki Pona website] links to several communities, as well as a [[lipu Wikipesija]] project page created to help with the ISO language code application:

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*Discord:

*[//wikipesija.org/wiki/Wikipesija:lipu_pi_toki_Inli/Where_is_Toki_Pona_used%3F Where is Toki Pona used?]

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