Toki Pona

English

Alternative forms

• toki pona

Etymology

From Toki Pona toki pona (literally “good language”), formed from toki (“language”) (from Tok Pisin tok, from English talk) + pona (“good”) (from Esperanto bona (“good”), ultimately from Latin bonus).

Proper noun

Toki Pona

1. A minimalist constructed language with creole-like elements designed by Sonja Lang.
   • 2015 July 15, Roc Morin, “How to Say Everything in a Hundred-Word Language”, in The Atlantic‎^[1]:

     In contrast to the hundreds or thousands of study hours required to attain fluency in other languages, a general consensus among Toki Pona speakers is that it takes about 30 hours to master.

Translations

constructed language

• Arabic: توكي بونا (tuki buna)
• Belarusian: такіпона (takipóna)
• Catalan: toki pona
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 道本語／道本语 (dou⁶ bun² jyu⁵)

  Mandarin: 道本語／道本语 (zh) (Dàoběn yǔ)

• Chuvash: Токи Пона (Tok̬i P̬ona)
• Czech: toki pona
• Dutch: Toki Pona (nl)
• Esperanto: Tokipono (eo)
• Finnish: tokipona
• Hebrew: טוקי פונה
• Hindi: टोकि पोना (ṭoki ponā)
• Japanese: トキポナ (ja) (Toki Pona)
• Korean: 도기 보나 (Dogi Bona)
• Limburgish: Toki Pona
• Marathi: टोकी पोना (ṭokī ponā)
• Persian: توکی پونا
• Portuguese: toki pona (pt)
• Russian: токипо́на (ru) f (tokipóna)
• Spanish: toki pona (es)
• Swedish: toki pona
• Thai: ภาษาโทคิโพนา
• Turkish: Toki Pona (tr)
• Ukrainian: токі-по́на (toki-póna)
• Welsh:Toki Pona

See also

• Category:Toki Pona language