Conlang Critic Episode Twelve: Toki Pona
jan Misali3 HN recommenders · recommended in 3 months, 2020–2023
commentary · general · evergreen · 2020–2023 on HN
An episode of jan Misali's Conlang Critic series reviewing Toki Pona, a minimalist constructed language with about a hundred words. It is a short, humorous critique of the language's design.
Commenters recommend the whole series as an entertaining survey of constructed languages, and this episode when Toki Pona or Lojban comes up.
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3 comments from Hacker News
Conlang Critic is a fan of this language: ▶ this video I highly recommend watching all episodes of their show if you like an idea of short text based video essays about constructed languages: link
I take all my conlang opinions from jan Misali aka Conlang Critic and he tells me to love toki pona [0] instead of lojban [1]. [0] ▶ this video [1] link
If anyone is interested in learning about conlangs, jan Misali has an interesting playlist[0] with reviews on various contructed languages including Toki Pona. [0]: ▶ this video