Toki Pona

Meaning

1. A minimalist constructed language with creole-like elements designed by Sonja Lang.

Etymology / origin

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *talōną Proto-West Germanic *talōn Proto-West Germanic *-ukōn Proto-West Germanic *talkōn Old English *tealcian Middle English talken English talk Tok Pisin tokbor. Toki Pona toki Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der.? Proto-Italic *dwenos Old Latin duenos Old Latin duonus Latin bonusder. Esperanto bonabor. Toki Pona pona Toki Pona toki ponabor. English Toki Pona 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).

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