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'''Toki Pona''' is a philosophical artistic {{wp|constructed language}} created by [[Sonja Lang]] in 2001. It is designed for talking about things by explaining them in simple terms.<ref>{{cite YouTube|id=n3p4-GFXrkM|title={{tok|o ku}}: introducing the Toki Pona Dictionary|author={{tok|[[jan Misali]]}}|channel={{tok|jan Misali}}|handle=HBMmaster|date=2021-07-19|access-date=2023-12-03|quote=}}</ref>
Toki Pona has a [[community]] of over 1800 speakers<ref>[https://tokiponacensus.github.io/results2022/#do-you-consider-you-know-toki-pona Results of the 2022 Toki Pona census - Do you consider you know Toki Pona?]</ref> and is mainly spoken online, where it is one of the most popular conlangs<ref>[[Sonja Lang]]. (6 May 2023). [https://tokipona.org/largest_conlangs.html Most Popular Conlangs Online].</ref>. Speakers and proponents of Toki Pona are mainly called [[tokiponist]]s.
Many [[:Category:Media|creative works]] have been made in Toki Pona or translated into it.
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== Language rules ==
# '''[[Phonology]]''': Letters are pronounced as in the
# '''Modifiers''' (adjectives or adverbs) come after their heads (nouns or verbs). {{Indent|In {{tp|<u>toki</u> pona}}, {{tp|toki}} ("language") is the head, and {{tp|pona}} ("good") is the modifier. {{tp|<u>sike</u> loje mi}} is literally "<u>ball</u> red my", and means "my red <u>ball</u>". This is typically the opposite of English, but there are counterexamples like "<u>someone</u> special", "<u>anything</u> new", "<u>time</u> immemorial", and "<u>Alcoholics</u> Anonymous".}}
# '''[[Names|Proper names]]''' are modifiers and require a descriptive [[Headnouns|head]]. {{Indent|[[Sonja Lang]] becomes {{tp|jan Sonja}}, "the person Sonja". Canada becomes {{tp|ma Kanata}}, "the place Canada".}}
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=== {{tp|tenpo ku}} ===
In July 2021, Sonja Lang compiled the descriptive ''[[Toki Pona Dictionary]]'' ({{tp|lipu ku}}), providing [https://tokipona.org/Sonja_Lang_-_Toki_Pona_Dictionary.pdf corrections and clarifications of {{tp|lipu pu}}] and passing the torch of the language's evolution onto the community.
A yearly celebration of Toki Pona's anniversary, {{tp|[[suno pi toki pona]]}}, began on August 2021.
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In December 2021, {{tp|lipu pu}} was translated to German as {{lang|de|''Toki Pona: Die Sprache des Guten''}} with bonus material from {{tp|lipu ku}}.
After rejected requests in 2008 and 2018, the [[ISO 639-3]] Registration Authority adopted the identifier <code>tok</code> for Toki Pona on January 20, 2022. The [https://iso639-3.sil.org/code/tok webpage] was updated on the 28th.
{{tp|lipu pu}} was translated into Esperanto as {{lang|eo|''Tokipono: La lingvo de bono''}}, published in October 2022. The edition includes notes and words featured in {{tp|lipu ku}}, and additional Toki Pona texts.
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{{Main|Communities}}
The [https://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:
<blockquote>
*Discord:
**<strong>[https://discord.gg/nbgXCC6 {{tok|ma pona pi toki pona}}]</strong> ⟵ important cultural centre
**[https://discord.gg/arjV4Nw {{tok|ma toki pona}}] (Toki Pona only)
**[https://discord.gg/PZux79Cw3J {{tok|kama sona}}] (for beginners)
*Telegram: [https://t.me/+UqUj9OFM_9e8iPUW {{tok|toki pona - jan li wile pona taso}}]
*Mastodon: [https://toki.social/public {{tok|toki}}.social]
*Facebook: [https://facebook.com/groups/sitelen {{tok|toki pona}}]
*[https://wikipesija.org/wiki/Wikipesija:lipu_pi_toki_Inli/Where_is_Toki_Pona_used%3F Where is Toki Pona used?]
</blockquote>
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