Tokiponist
A Tokiponist,[a] Tokiponian,[1][2][b] or, humorously, Tokiponer, is a speaker, proponent, or enthusiast of Toki Pona.
The term Tokiponist is based on the word Esperantist, the Esperanto equivalent. While some Tokiponists have similar goals to advocates of Esperanto, such as treating Toki Pona as a candidate for an international auxiliary language, the differences in language philosophy lead many Tokiponists to simply promote Toki Pona for art and personal use.
List of Tokiponists
- kala Asi, started the lipu Linku project
- kule epiku Atawan
- jan Alonola, editor of lipu tenpo, created sona sin news video series
- jan inwin, created the nimi ale pona dictionary; coined several influential nimi sin
- jan Itan, created nasin nanpa font and makes music
- jan Deni, owns ma musi pi toki musi
- jan Jan, owns ma pona pi toki pona
- jan Josan Kapo (Jonathan Gabel), illustrator, created sitelen sitelen
- jan Kapilu, wrote some Toki Pona poetry, co-created nasin nanpa pona
- jan Kawa, early member of ma pona pi toki pona
- jan Kekan San, teaches Toki Pona online, maintains lipu Linku
- jan Kepe, created the alternate reality game NASI(N), including the text Nasi and music
- jan Ke Tami, wrote some books in Toki Pona and translated various things to Toki Pona
- jan Kipo (John Clifford)
- jan Lakuse, speaks Toki Pona on YouTube, influential tokiponist, skilled in luka pona
- lipamanka, infamous linguist, polyglot, writer, musician, painter, event manager, and creator of the linja sike and linja lipamanka fonts, also known for creating the first dictionary for Toki Pona that describes the semantic spaces of words in prose. Generally dislikes that this page exists but isn't gonna make a big deal about it.
- jan Lope
- jan Misali, makes music and YouTube videos about conlangs
- jan Nasi (Nardi), makes Toki Pona songs
- soweli nata, created the nasin nanpa kijetesantakalu number system.
- jan Nikoleta (kqa), makes Toki Pona songs
- jan Lentan, programmer, created a series of online lessons
- jan Lepeka (Rebecca Bettencourt), maintains UCSUR and created some Toki Pona fonts
- jan Ne
- jan Nikola, developed telo misikeke
- jan Pensa, translated Toki Pona: The Language of Good to Esperanto
- jan Pije, created a lesson series early on
- jan Po, owner of the seme li sin? YouTube channel
- ilo Powa, created the ma lili and tomo suwi communities; coined lots of nimi sin
- jan Same, graphic designer and illustrator
- jan Sa
- jan Sate (Sadale)
- jan Sepulon, made some Toki Pona songs
- jan Sonja, created Toki Pona and sitelen pona
- jan Olipija, created luka pona
- jan Ossen
- jan Tepo, speaks Toki Pona on YouTube, influential tokiponist, skilled in luka pona
- soweli Tesa, created a series of short-form lessons
- kala pona Tonyu, co-created nasin sitelen Wakalito
- jan Umijotalu (Umihotaru), created the Nishiki-teki font, community organizer in Project Babel
- jan Usawi, made lots of Toki Pona songs
- Chuck Smith, created Toki Pona Sign Language
- Vacon Sartirani, Italian visual artist and illustrator
Notes
- ↑ Sometimes stylized in title or sentence case
- ↑ Primarily used on the Toki Pona Forums
References
- ↑ Sonja Lang (26 October 2007). Toki Pona enthusiast = Tokiponer? Toki Poner? Tokiponist? Tokiponian?. Toki Pona Forums.
- ↑ Roberts, Siobhan. (9 July 2007). "Canadian has people talking about lingo she created". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 28 December 2023. "Its minimalism is attracting a growing following of Toki Ponians.".
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