Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

toki pona

/ˈtoʊki ˈpoʊnə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.34 in modern English

Syllables: tok-i pona
IPA: /ˈtoʊki ˈpoʊnə/

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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

name

Alternative letter-case form of Toki Pona.

Example Sentences

"While it’s true that these days your best hope for getting a community to take up your invented language is to attach it to a blockbuster movie, there have been some limited successes in other realms. Toki Pona was invented to promote positive thinking."
"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."
"Within his deep dive, Watts speaks to a couple of Toki Pona speakers (including a musician who makes songs in the constructed language) to better understand this fascinating system of communication."
"About the last translation, some would deem necessary to tokiponize names, i.e. turning all the sounds not present in toki pona into their closest toki pona equivalent."
"Today, there are known to be thousands of speakers of toki pona worldwide, with likely thousands more involved in the online and offline spaces where the 2022 toki pona census could not reach."

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).

Origin

Source language: English

Word Breakdown

Root: toki pona, tok, talk, bona, bonus

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈtoʊki ˈpoʊnə/
British English: /ˈtəʊki ˈpəʊnə/

Derived Forms

tokiponido Tokiponist tokiponization tokiponize

Phrases

Wiktionary’s coverage of Toki Pona terms

Frequently Paired Words

Wiktionary’s coverage of Toki Pona terms

Rhymes With

arizona barcelona persona fiona mona jonah corona daytona bologna bona verona ramona

Questions

How do you pronounce toki pona?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtoʊki ˈpoʊnə/.
What does toki pona mean?: A minimalist constructed language with creole-like elements designed by the Canadian Sonja Lang.
Where does toki pona come from?: It is traced to English.

How to pronounce toki pona

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