jan Misali

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Mitch Halley (he/they)^[1], better known online as jan Misali, is an American YouTuber and notable Tokiponist. His channel covers a variety of topics, including music, video games, conlanging, and Toki Pona in particular.

Works

jan Misali has translated several songs to Toki Pona, and has created medleys of preexisting Toki Pona music.^[2] Some of Misali's best-known pieces are their covers of "Dreams of Our Generation" from Rhythm Heaven Fever: "kulupu jan tenpo" and "Dreams of Our "Conglang" Community (Cute Fraud)".

Courses

12 Days of sona pi toki pona

12 Days of sona pi toki pona is a popular 2015 video series that teaches the basics of Toki Pona.^[3] jan Misali created each episode in one day, resulting in some minor mistakes.

toki pona lessons

toki pona lessons is a second 12-part series, started in 2021.^[4]

Outside of Toki Pona

Conlang Critic

Conlang Critic is a series of reviews of constructed languages that used to be the focus of jan Misali's YouTube channel.^[5]

In 2017, he endorsed Toki Pona, citing its accessible pronunciation and grammar, and the logic of creating simple noun phrases.^[6] Misali reviewed Toki Pona as if it were an international auxiliary language to highlight its comparative simplicity. Their only point of criticism was the lacking number system. Throughout Conlang Critic, Toki Pona maintained its rank as the best "interlang" until the ranking system was abandoned.

Seximal

jan Misali endorses a base-6 Arabic numeral system, specifically by the term seximal. Beyond making videos on the subject, he is the author of seximal.net. The overlap between his audience and the Toki Pona community may have inspired base-6 Toki Pona number systems.

External links

References

↑ Halley, Mitch (jan Misali) (n.d.). About. YouTube. Archived from the original on 2 October 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
↑ Halley, Mitch (jan Misali) (n.d.). kalama musi pi toki pona. YouTube. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
↑ Halley, Mitch (jan Misali) (n.d.). sona pi toki pona. YouTube. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
↑ Halley, Mitch (jan Misali) (n.d.). toki pona lessons. YouTube. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
↑ Halley, Mitch (jan Misali) (n.d.). Conlang Critic. YouTube. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
↑ Halley, Mitch (jan Misali) (23 February 2017). Conlang Critic Episode Twelve: Toki Pona. Archived from the original on 9 September 2023. YouTube. Retrieved 2 October 2023.

[1] Halley, Mitch (jan Misali) (n.d.). About. YouTube. Archived from the original on 2 October 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2023.

[2] Halley, Mitch (jan Misali) (n.d.). kalama musi pi toki pona. YouTube. Retrieved 2 October 2023.

[3] Halley, Mitch (jan Misali) (n.d.). sona pi toki pona. YouTube. Retrieved 2 October 2023.

[4] Halley, Mitch (jan Misali) (n.d.). toki pona lessons. YouTube. Retrieved 2 October 2023.

[5] Halley, Mitch (jan Misali) (n.d.). Conlang Critic. YouTube. Retrieved 2 October 2023.

[6] Halley, Mitch (jan Misali) (23 February 2017). Conlang Critic Episode Twelve: Toki Pona. Archived from the original on 9 September 2023. YouTube. Retrieved 2 October 2023.

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