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

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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.".

[1] Sometimes stylized in title or sentence case

[4] Primarily used on the Toki Pona Forums

[2] Sonja Lang (26 October 2007). Toki Pona enthusiast = Tokiponer? Toki Poner? Tokiponist? Tokiponian?. Toki Pona Forums.

[3] 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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