Place and language names

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This is a list of tokiponized place and language names. In the sections "Place Names" and "Language Names", the book Toki Pona: The Language of Good includes many suggestions for these. However, if a community has chosen another name for itself, it is encouraged to use that name instead.

Place names

Continents

Place	Tokiponized name
Americas	ma Amelika
Antarctica	ma Antasika
Africa	ma Apika
Asia	ma Asija
Europe	ma Elopa
Oceania	ma Osejanija

Countries

Country	Endonym	ISO code	Name in pu	Chosen name
Armenia	Հայաստան (Hayastan)	AM	ma Aja
Afghanistan	Afġānistān افغانستان	AF	ma Akanisan
Ireland	Ireland (English) Éire (Irish)	IE	ma Alan
Argentina	Argentina	AR	ma Alensina
Angola	Angola (Portuguese) Ngola (Kongo)	AO	ma Ankola
South Korea	한국 / 韓國 (Hanguk)	KR	ma Anku
Andorra	Andorra	AN	ma Antola
Haiti	Haïti (French) Ayiti (Haitian Creole)	HT	ma Awisi
Ecuador	Ecuador	EC	ma Ekato
Greece	Ελλάδα (Ellada)	GR	ma Elena	ma Elina
Eritrea	ኤርትራ (Ertra) (Tigrinya) إرتريا (Iritriya) (Arabic)	ER	ma Eliteja
Spain	España (Spanish) Espanya (Catalan) Espainia (Basque) España (Galician) Espanha	ES	ma Epanja
Austria	Österreich	AT	ma Esalasi
Estonia	Eesti	EE	ma Esi
Basque Country	Euskal Herria (Basque) País Vasco (Spanish) Pays Basque (French)	—	ma Esuka
England		—	ma Inli
Iraq	العراق (Al-'Iraq) (Arabic) Êraq (Kurdish)	IQ	ma Ilakija
Iran	ایران (Īrān)	IR	ma Ilan
Indonesia	Indonesia	ID	ma Intonesija
Israel	ישראל (Yīsrāʾēl) إسرائيل (ʾIsrāʾīl)	IL	ma Isale
Ethiopia	ኢትዮጵያ (Ītyōṗṗyā)	ET	ma Isijopija
Iceland	Ísland	IS	ma Isilan
Italy	Italia	IT	ma Italija
Yemen	اليمن (Al-Yaman)	YE	ma Jamanija
United Kingdom	United Kingdom Y Deyrnas Unedig Unitit Kinrick Rìoghachd Aonaichte Ríocht Aontaithe An Rywvaneth Unys	GB	ma Juke
Greenland	Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenlandic) Grønland (Danish)	GL	ma Kalalinuna
Cameroon	Cameroun (French) Cameroon (English)	CM	ma Kamelun
Ghana	Ghana (English) Gaana (Akan) Gana (Ewe) Gana (Twi)	GH	ma Kana
Canada	Canada	CA	ma Kanata
Gambia	The Gambia	GM	ma Kanpija
Cambodia	កម្ពុជា (Kămpŭchéa)	KH	ma Kanpusi
France	France	FR	ma Kanse
Gabon	Gabon	GA	ma Kapon
Catalonia		—	ma Katala
Georgia	საქართველო (Sak'art'velo)	GE	ma Katelo
Guatemala	Guatemala	GT	ma Katemala
Grenada	Grenada	GD	ma Kenata
Kenya	Kenya	KE	ma Kenja
Kiribati	Kiribati	KI	ma Kilipasi
Guinea	Guinée (French) ߖߌ߬ߣߍ߫ (Gine) (N'Ko) 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫 (Gine) (Pular)	GN	ma Kine
Equatorial Guinea	Guinea Ecuatorial (Spanish) Guinée équatoriale (French) Guiné Equatorial (Portuguese)	GQ	ma Kinejekatolija
Guinea-Bissau	Guiné-Bissau	GW	ma Kinepisa
Wales	Cymry (Welsh) Wales (English)	—	ma Kinla
Cyprus	Κύπρος (Kypros) (Greek) Kıbrıs (Turkish)	TR	ma Kiposi
Comoros	Comores (French) Komori (Shikomori) جزر القمر (Juzur al-Qamar) (Arabic)	KM	ma Komo
Democratic Republic of the Congo	République démocratique du Congo	CG	ma Konko	ma Konko pi ma tomo Kinsasa
Congo	République du Congo Repubilika ya Kôngo Republíki ya Kongó	CG	ma Konko	ma Konko pi ma tomo Pasawi
Costa Rica	Costa Rica	CR	ma Kosalika
Ivory Coast	Côte d'Ivoire	CI	ma Kosiwa
Kurdistan	کوردستان	—	ma Kuli
Gujarat		—	ma Kusala
Cuba	Cuba	CU	ma Kupa
Kuwait	الكويت (Al-Kuwayt)	KW	ma Kuwasi
Sri Lanka	ශ්‍රී ලංකාව (Sri Lankā) (Sinhala) இலங்கை (Ilaṅkai) (Tamil)	LK	ma Lanka
Liberia	Liberia	LR	ma Lapewija
Latvia	Latvija	LV	ma Lawi
Lesotho	Lesotho	LS	ma Lesoto
Lithuania	Lietuva	LT	ma Lijatuwa
Libya	ليبيا (Lībiyā) (Arabic) ⵍⵉⴱⵢⴰ (Libya) (Berber)	LY	ma Lipija
Liechtenstein	Liechtenstein	LI	ma Lisensan
Romania	România	RO	ma Lomani
Russia	Россия (Rossiya)	RU	ma Losi	ma Losi, ma Lusi
Croatia	Hrvatska		ma Lowasi
Slovakia	Slovensko	SK	ma Lowenki
Slovenia	Slovenija	SL	ma Lowensina
Lebanon	لبنان (Lubnān) (Arabic) Liban (French)	LB	ma Lunpan
Luxembourg	Lëtzebuerg (Luxembourgish) Luxemburg (German) Luxembourg (French)	LU	ma Lusepu
Rwanda	Rwanda Rwanda	RW	ma Luwanta
North Macedonia	Македонија (Makedonija)	MK	ma Maketonija
Madagascar	Madagasikara (Malagasy) Madagascar (French)	MG	ma Malakasi
Malaysia	Malaysia	MY	ma Malasija
Malawi	Malawi (English) Malaŵi (Chewa)	MW	ma Malawi
Mali	Mali	ML	ma Mali
Morocco	المغرب (Al-maḡrib) (Arabic) ⵍⵎⵖⵔⵉⴱ (Lmɣrib) (Berber)	MA	ma Malipe
Egypt	مصر (Maṣr)	EG	ma Masu
Mexico	México (Spanish) Mēxihco (Nahuatl)	MX	ma Mesiko	ma Mesiko, ma Mekiko
United States	America, USA	US	ma Mewika	ma Mewika, ma Juwese
Myanmar	မြန်မာ (Myanma)	MM	ma Mijama
Mozambique	Moçambique	MZ	ma Mosanpi
Hungary	Magyarország	HU	ma Mosijo
Moldova	Moldova	MD	ma Motowa
Mauritius	Mauritius (English) Maurice (French) Moris (Mauritian Creole)	MU	ma Mowisi
Mauritania	موريتانيا (Mūrītānyā)	MR	ma Mulitanija
Namibia	Namibia	NA	ma Namipija
Nigeria	Nigeria (English) Nijeriya (Hausa) Naìjíríyà (Igbo) Nàìjíríà (Yoruba)	NG	ma Naselija
Netherlands	Nederland Nederlân	NL	ma Netelan
Japan	日本 (Nihon)	JP	ma Nijon	ma Nijon, ma Nipon
Niger	Niger	NE	ma Nise
Norway	Norge (Norwegian Bokmål) Noreg (Norwegian Nynorsk)	NO	ma Nosiki
New Zealand	New Zealand (English) Aotearoa (Maori)	NZ	ma Nusilan	ma Nusilan, ma Otejalowa
Honduras	Honduras	HN	ma Ontula
Australia	Australia	AU	ma Oselija
Pakistan	Pakistan Pākistān پاکستان	PK	ma Pakisan
Paraguay	Paraguay (Spanish) Paraguái (Guarani)	PY	ma Palakawi
Bahrain	البحرين (Al-Baḥrayn)	BH	ma Palani
India	ভাৰত (Bhārôt) (Assamese) ভারত (Bhārôt) (Bengali) India (English) ભારત (Bhārat) (Gujarati) भारत (Bhārat) (Hindi) ಭಾರತ (Bhārata) (Kannada) भारत (Bhārat) (Konkani) ഭാരതം (Bhāratam) (Malayalam) भारत (Bhārat) (Nepali) ଭାରତ (Bhārata) (Oriya) ਭਾਰਤ (Bhārat) (Punjabi) भारतम् (Bhāratam) (Sanskrit) பாரதம் (Bāratam) (Tamil) భారతదేశం (Bhāratadēśam) (Telugu)	IN	ma Palata
Panama	Panamá	PA	ma Panama
Bangladesh	বাংলাদেশ (Bānglādesh)	BD	ma Panla
Barbados	Barbados	BB	ma Papeto
Papua New Guinea	Papua New Guinea Papua Niugini Papua Niu Gini	PG	ma Papuwanijukini
Brazil	Brasil	BR	ma Pasila	ma Pasiju
Bahamas	The Bahamas	BS	ma Pawama
Belarus	Беларусь (Bielaruś) (Belarussian) Беларусь (Belarus') (Russian)	BY	ma Pelalusi
Peru	Perú (Spanish) Piruw (Quechua)	PE	ma Pelu
Bermuda	Bermuda	BM	ma Pemuta
Benin	Bénin	BJ	ma Penen
Venezuela	Venezuela	VE	ma Penesuwela
Belgium	België (Dutch) Belgique (French) Belgien (German)	BE	ma Pesije
Brittany		—	ma Peson
Philippines	Pilipinas Philippines	PH	ma Pilipina
Palestine	فلسطين (Filasṭīn)	PS	ma Pilisin
Fiji	Fiji (English) Viti (Fijian) फ़िजी (Fiji Hindi)	FJ	ma Pisi
Tibet	བོད (Böd)	—	ma Po
Bulgaria	България (Bŭlgariya)	BG	ma Pokasi
Bosnia and Herzogovina		BA	ma Posan
Poland	Polska	PL	ma Posuka	ma Posuka, ma Posuki
Botswana	Botswana	BW	ma Posuwana
Portugal	Portugal	PT	ma Potuke
Burkina Faso	Burkina Faso	BF	ma Pukinapaso
San Marino	San Marino	SM	ma Samalino
Jamaica	Jamaica	JM	ma Sameka
Zambia	Zambia	ZM	ma Sanpija
Central African Republic	Centrafrique (French) Bêafrîka (Sango)	CF	ma Santapiken
Algeria	الجزائر (Al-Jazā'ir) (Arabic) ⴷⵣⴰⵢⴻⵔ (Dzayer) (Tamazight)	DZ	ma Sasali
Chad	Tchad تشاد (Tšād)	TD	ma Sate
Eswatini	Eswatini (English) eSwatini (Swazi)	SZ	ma Sawasi
Saudi Arabia	السعودية (As-Suʿūdīyah)	SA	ma Sawusi	ma Sajusi
Samoa	Samoa (English) Sāmoa (Samoan)	WS	ma Samowa
Czechia	Česko	CZ	ma Seki
Senegal	Sénégal (French) Senegaal (Wolof)	SN	ma Seneka
South Africa	Suid-Afrika (Afrikaans) South Africa (English) iSewula Afrika (Ndebele) Afrika-Borwa (Pedi) Afrika Borwa (Sotho) iNingizimu Afrika (Swazi) Afrika Dzonga (Tsonga) Aforika Borwa (Tswana) Afurika Tshipembe (Venda) uMzantsi Afrika (Xhosa) iNingizimu Afrika (Zulu)	ZA	ma Setapika
Sierra Leone	Sierra Leone	SL	ma Sijelalijon
Chile	Chile	CL	ma Sile
Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidad and Tobago	TT	ma Sinita
Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	ZW	ma Sinpapuwe
Albania	Shqipëria	AL	ma Sipe
Djibouti	جيبوتي (Jībūtī) Djibouti Jabuuti (Somali) Gabuuti (Afar)	DJ	ma Sipusi
Somalia	Soomaaliya (Somali) الصومال (Aṣ-Ṣūmāl) (Arabic)	SO	ma Somalija
China	中国 (Zhōngguó)	CN	ma Sonko
Serbia	Србија (Srbija)	RS	ma Sopisi
Scotland	Scotland (English) Alba (Scottish Gaelic)	—	ma Sukosi
Syria	Suriyah سورية	SY	ma Sulija
Finland	Suomi (Finnish) Finland (Swedish)	FI	ma Sumi
Sudan	السودان (As-Sudan)	SD	ma Sutan
Switzerland	Schweiz (German) Suisse (French) Svizzera (Italian) Svizra (Romansh)	CH	ma Suwasi
Tanzania	Tanzania	TZ	ma Tansanija
Denmark	Danmark	DK	ma Tansi
Thailand	ประเทศไทย (Prathet Thai)	TH	ma Tawi
Togo	Togo (French) Togo (Ewe) Togo (Kabye)	TG	ma Toko
Dominican Republic	República Dominicana	DO	ma Tominika
Tonga	Tonga	TO	ma Tona
Germany	Deutschland	DE	ma Tosi
Turkey	Türkiye	TR	ma Tuki
Tunisia	تونس (Tūns)	TN	ma Tunisi
Tuvalu	Tuvalu	TV	ma Tuwalu
Uganda	Uganda	UG	ma Ukanta
Ukraine	Україна (Ukrajina)	UA	ma Ukawina
Uruguay	Uruguay	UY	ma Ulukawi
Oman	عُمان (‘Umān)	OM	ma Uman
Jordan	الأردن (Al-’Urdun)	JO	ma Utun
Vanuatu	Vanuatu	VU	ma Wanuwatu
Vatican City	Città del Vaticano (Italian) Civitas Vaticana (Latin)	VA	ma Wasikano
Sweden	Sverige	SE	ma Wensa, ma Sensa
Vietnam	Việt Nam	VN	ma Wije
Kosovo	Kosova (Albanian) Косово (Kosovo) (Serbian)	XK	—	ma Kosowa
North Korea	조선 Chosŏn	KP	—	ma Soson
Taiwan	臺灣 / 台灣 (Táiwān)	TW	—	ma Tawan

Language names

Type	Language			Tokiponized name
	Exonym	Endonym	ISO 639-3	pu	Chosen
–	Arabic	اَلْعَرَبِيَّةُ	ara	toki Alapi
	Afrikaans	Afrikaans	afr	toki Apikan
	Hausa	هَرْشَن هَوْسَ	hau	toki Awasa
	Haitian Creole	kreyòl ayisyen	hat	toki Awisi
	Greek	ελληνικά	ell	toki Elena	toki Elina
	Spanish	español, castellano	spa	toki Epanja
	Estonian	eesti keel	est	toki Esi
	Basque	euskara	eus	toki Esuka
	English	English	eng	toki Inli
	Hindi	हिन्दी	hin	toki Insi
	Indonesian	Bahasa Indonesia	ind	toki Intonesija
	Inuit languages			toki Inu
	Igbo	Ásụ̀sụ́ Ìgbò	ibo	toki Ipo
	Icelandic	íslenska	isl	toki Isilan
	Italian	italiano	ita	toki Italija
	Hebrew	עִבְרִית	heb	toki Iwisi
	Yoruba	Èdè Yorùbá, عِدعِ يوْرُبا	yor	toki Jolupa
	Scottish Gaelic	Gàidhlig	gla	toki Kalike
	French	français	fra	toki Kanse
	Cantonese	廣東話, 广东话	yue	toki Kantun
	Welsh	Cymraeg	cym	toki Kinla
	Latin	lingua Latīna	lat	toki Lasina
	Romanian	limba română, лимба ромынэ	ron	toki Lomani
	Russian	русский язык	rus	toki Losi	toki Losi, toki Lusi
	Croatian	hrvatski	hrv	toki Lowasi
	Hungarian	magyar nyelv	hun	toki Mosijo
	Dutch	Nederlands	nld	toki Netelan
	Japanese	日(に)本(ほん)語(ご)	jpn	toki Nijon
	Norwegian (Bokmål)	bokmål	nob	toki Nosiki
	Norwegian Nynorsk	nynorsk	nno	toki Nosiki sin
	Bengali	বাংলা	ben	toki Panla
	Breton	brezhoneg	bre	toki Peson
	Bulgarian	български език	bul	toki Pokasi
	Bosnian	bosanski, босански	bos	toki Posan
	Portuguese	português	por	toki Potuke
	Jamaican Patois	Patwa, Jamiekan Kriyuol, Jumiekan Kryuol, Jumieka Taak, Jumiekan languij	jam	toki Sameka
	Czech	čeština	ces	toki Seki
	Tsez	цезйас мец	ddo	toki Sesi
	Albanian	shqipja	sqi	toki Sikipe
	Chinese	中文, 汉语, 漢語	zho	toki Sonko
	Serbian	српски језик, srpski jezik	srp	toki Sopisi
	Finnish	suomi	fin	toki Sumi
	Danish	dansk	dan	toki Tansi
	Tok Pisin	Tok Pisin	tpi	toki Topisin
	German	Deutsch	deu	toki Tosi
Sign language	French Sign Language		fsl	toki luka Kanse
	Quebec Sign Language		fcs	toki luka Kepeka
	American Sign Language		ase	toki luka Mewika
	Australian Sign Language		asf	toki luka Oselija
	British Sign Language		bfi	toki luka Piten
	Chinese Sign Language		csl	toki luka Sonko
	German Sign Language		gsg	toki luka Tosi
	Manually Coded English		mis	toki Inli luka
Constructed language	Afrihili	Ɛl-Afrihili	afh	toki Apiwili
	Esperanto	Esperanto	epo	toki Epelanto
	Basic English	Basic English	mis	toki Inli pona
	Lingua Ignota		mis	toki Inota
	Interlingua	interlingua	ina	toki Intelinwa
	Ido	Ido	ido	toki Ito
	Quenya	Eldarin	qya	toki Kuwenja
	Láadan	Láadan	ldn	toki Latan
	Lojban	la .lojban.	jbo	toki Losupan
	Mänti	Mänti	mis	toki Mansi
	Na'vi	Lìʼfya leNaʼvi	mis	toki Nawi
	Volapük	Volapük, Volapꞟk	vol	toki Olapi
	Baôleybelen		mis	toki Palepelen
	Fyksian		mis	toki Pasiki
	Toki Pona	toki pona	tok	toki pona
	Seren		mis	toki Selen
	Semitish		mis	toki Semisi
	Klingon	tlhIngan Hol	tlh	toki Sinan
	Sindarin		sjn	toki Sintalin
	Unker Non-Linear Writing System		mis	toki sitelen Anlasi
	Blissymbols		zbl	toki sitelen Pisinpo
	Solresol		mis	toki Soleso
	Somish		mis	toki Soma
	Traumae		mis	toki Tolome
	Dothraki	Lekh Dothraki	mis	toki Tosulaki