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Toki Pona is a philosophical artistic constructed language known for its small vocabulary. It was created by Canadian linguist and translator Sonja Lang for the purpose of simplifying thoughts and communication. It was first published online in 2001 as a draft, and later in complete form in the book Toki Pona: The Language of Good in 2014. A small community of speakers developed in the early 2000s. While activity mostly takes place online in chat rooms, on social media, and in other groups, there were a few organized in-person meetings during the 2000s and 2010s.

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toki a! (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 days ago by jaiden@sh.itjust.works to c/toki_pona@lemmy.ml

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mi jan “Jaiden” (mi sona ala e nimi kepeken toki pona). mi toki e toki pona taso mi kama sona e ni. sina mute li pilin seme?

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[–] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

(mi sona ala e nimi kepeken toki pona)

🇳🇱 Ik vind het moeilijk om dit in Toki Pona uit te leggen, maar namen zijn ook nimi sin, dit betekent dus dat je een hoofdwoord (meestal jan) gevolgd door de naam met een hoofdletter gebruikt (jan Jaiden). Over het algemeen zijn nimi sin enkel geschreven in Toki Pona lettergrepen, dus je naam zou zoiets als jan Teten kunnen worden als je dat leuk vindt! Toki-Ponisten gebruiken ook weleens andere hoofdwoorden, en compleet andere Toki Pona namen voor zichzelf.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 I find it difficult to explain this in Toki Pona, but names are also nimi sin, meaning you use a head noun (usually jan) followed by the name with an uppercase (jan Jaiden). Generally, nimi sin are written in Toki Pona syllables only, so it could become something like jan Teten if you'd like! People also do use different head nouns sometimes, and people sometimes use completely different Toki Pona names for themselves.

[–] jaiden@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

a! lon, jan Teten li pona tawa mi! pona tawa sina :)