Toki Pona
minimalist language created by Sonja Lang
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Summary
Toki Pona is an a posteriori language[1]. It draws 10,734 Wikipedia views per month (a posteriori language category, ranking #1 of 2).[2]
Key Facts
- Creator: Sonja Lang[3]
- Instance of: engineered language[4], philosophical language[5], artistic language[6], modern language[7], constructed language[8]
- Movement: Minimalism[9], Taoism[10]
- Writing system: Latin script[11], Sitelen Pona[12], Sitelen Sitelen[13]
- Commons category: Toki Pona[14]
- Wikimedia language code: tok[15]
- Publication date: August 8, 2001[16]
- Official website: https://tokipona.org/[17], https://tokipona.net[18]
- Topic's main category: Category:Toki Pona[19]
- Inspired by: pidgin[20], Sapir-Whorf hypothesis[21], Tok Pisin[22]
- Described at URL: https://cals.info/language/toki-pona/[23], https://database.conlang.org/view/?conlang=619[24], http://inthelandofinventedlanguages.com/index.php?page=languages&id=491[25], https://langmaker.github.io/db/mdl_tokipona.htm[26]
- Language regulatory body: Sonja Lang[27]
- Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 3100[28], 759[29], 1696[30]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Toki Pona[31]
- Described by source: Toki Pona: The Language of Good[32], Toki Pona Dictionary[33]
- Topic has template: Q22772671[34]
- Stack Exchange tag: https://conlang.stackexchange.com/tags/toki-pona[35]
- IRC channel URL: irc://irc.freenode.net/#tokipona[36]
- Native label: toki pona[37]
- Literal translation: good speech[38], the language of good[39], simple speech[40], the simple language[41], хороший язык[42], простой язык[43], boa fala[44], língua simples[45], a língua do bem[46], la langue du bien[47], die Sprache des Guten[48], la lingvo de bono[49]
- Signed form: manually coded Toki Pona[50], Luka Pona[51]
- Linguistic typology: subject–verb–object[52], isolating language[53], noun-adjective[54], syllabic language[55], preposition[56]
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Toki Pona[57]
- Uses capitalization for: proper noun[58]
Why It Matters
Toki Pona has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[59] It is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[60]