su
su
illustrated stories in glyphs
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A New Anthology! (sneak preview)
Multiple translators, illustrated by Pixel Yuu
To be published: mid-2025
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jan[osuliuta]piwawanasa
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Toki Pona edition)
Translated by Sonja Lang, illustrated by Evan Dahm
Published: (paperback only)
amazon.com/dp/0978292375
- sitelen pona lookup chart (for new readers)
ku
ku
a dictionary with 11,000 examples
Toki Pona Dictionary, compiled by Sonja Lang
Published: July 2021 (paperback
only)
amazon.com/dp/0978292367
pu
pu
a guidebook with exercises
Toki Pona: The Language of Good, by Sonja Lang
Published: May 2014
* Notes on lipu pu (free 2021 update)
Official translations and adaptations:
- 🇮🇷 نسخهی فارسی (2024)
- 💚 esperanta eldono (2022)
- 🇩🇪 deutsche Ausgabe (2021)
- 🇫🇷 édition française (2016) et mise à jour gratuite (2021)
Contact the author
Contact Sonja Lang on Discord,
Bluesky or at
About Toki Pona
- Toki Pona is a simple yet complete human language I invented in 2001. It was my attempt to understand the meaning of life in 120 words.
- There are now tens of thousands of community members and about 120 to 140 words, depending on the speaker or metric used.
- Toki Pona is among the most popular constructed languages, second only to Esperanto by most metrics, and surpassing Esperanto among the younger generation.
- In 2024, University of Colorado Boulder invited me to give a talk to 120 attendees entitled From Personal Art Project to Small World Language.
- Read comparisons to Esperanto and common misconceptions.
- Toki Pona courses have been offered at various universities around the world.
- In 2022, ISO 639-3 adopted the code ‘tok’ for Toki Pona, which it categorized as a world language.
—Sonja Lang
Intro videos
- How can a language only have 120 words? (RobWords)
- I Learned the World's Simplest Language (Oats Jenkins)
- Conlang Critic Episode 12: Toki Pona (jan Misali)
- Toki Pona in 18 Minutes (ilo Tani)
Communities
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Discord:
- ma pona pi toki pona (largest and most active community)
- kama sona (for beginners)
- ma mun (Toki Pona only)
- ma toki pona (Toki Pona only)
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Bluesky:
- Follow Sonja Lang: @tokipona.org
- Pin this feed of Toki Pona posts: toki pona
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World Map:
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toki pona li lon ma!
Add yourself and find your Toki Pona neighbours!
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toki pona li lon ma!
- Telegram: toki pona – jan li wile pona taso
- Mastodon: toki.social
- Facebook: toki pona
Recent Bluesky post
Learn Toki Pona
Merch
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T-shirts, mugs, magnets, etc
(hand-wash to preserve durability)
Videos and podcasts
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o pilin e toki pona by jan Telakoman
(full immersion video learning method) - Video lessons by jan Kekan San
- kalama sin podcast entirely in Toki Pona
- YouTube
- ma Seka video sharing
Texts and publications
- beginner-friendly vignettes by teacher Lakuse
- Toki Pona Stories (Fingtam) with English translations
- utala pi lipu musi lili: annual contest of short creative texts
- jan Sitata: toki musi pi ma Palata: a book by Hermann Hesse
- lipu kule: a webzine
- lipu tenpo: a magazine with over 30 issues
- lipu sona Wikipesija: a free encyclopedia
- lipu monsuta: spooky zine (5 issues)
- toki lili: 27 poems
- book-sized works by jan Ke
Community-made toolbox
- toki tenpo (time talk), an example of a system for time terminology
- long-form semantic spaces dictionary by lipamanka
- CEFR proficiency level scale for Toki Pona
- ilo Muni, explore trends in Toki Pona word use
- telo misikeke (grammar checker)
- printable Toki Pona quick reference
- luka pona (sign language)
- lipu pi jan Ne
- sike pona pi toki pona (prev, next)
- lipu sona pona (free Toki Pona course available in German, Esperanto, Russian, Portuguese, Polish, Spanish, etc.)
- Cheat Sheet, updated by jan Sa (also available in many other languages)
- nasin toki pona—a good way to speak, a grammar reference by jan Juli
- lipu Linku, an independent dictionary put together by kala Asi
- lipu nimi, a simple dictionary based on free ku data
Find a translator
Need a text translated or proofread? I highly recommend the freelance work of:
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jan Sonja:
(French and
Esperanto also)
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jan Tepan:
(German also)
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jan Ke Tami:
(German also)
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jan Ne:
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jan Apikela:
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jan Tepo:
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jan Pensa:
(Esperanto
also)
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jan Kekan San:
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jan Sepulon:
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jan Polijan:
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jan Asiku:
There are many more competent Toki Pona writers and speakers you can find! The ones listed above have been vetted through an anonymous evaluation process.
Fonts (sitelen pona)
- sitelen seli kiwen
- nasin nanpa (font used in lipu su)
- Fairfax HD
- leko majuna
- linja suwi
- linja lipamanka
- linja pi pu lukin
- nasin sitelen pu mono
In the news
Read about Toki Pona in World Literature Today, NY Times, Gizmodo, Radio-Canada, Business Insider, The Guardian, Wikipedia, TV Tropes, The Globe and Mail, The New Yorker, ساسة بوست, and more.
Other conlangs
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