Toki Pona for Socialists
This is a Toki Pona community for socialists to chat, make art, and share their experiences with the Toki Pona constructed language!
Toki Pona is a philosophical artistic constructed language created by Sonja Lang in 2001. It is designed for talking about things by explaining them in simple terms. When the first official book released it had only 120 words, and since then has expanded to somewhere around 140 words!
As of the 2022 Toki Pona census there was around 1800+ speakers of the language. It's primarily spoken online and is considered one of the most popular conlangs (constructed languages) in the world.
Despite being a constructed language Toki Pona is a real language and is recognized by several institutions around the world!
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I will go first! I just started learning Esperanto today while Toki Pona has basically taken the backseat for me. I was inspired to pick up Esperanto after learning about the socialist and internationalist history of the language, and also about the Pasporta Servo service where Esperantists around the world invite you to stay at their home to speak Esperanto and see the place they live! So far I am finding the Esperanto language to be a little silly while also having a place for some truly epic and beautiful music and poetry! My favorite phrase is "mi fartas bone" because it sounds like a frenchman saying fart ass boner, forgive me for having the humor of a child!