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Conlang Critic Episode Twelve: Toki Pona

jan Misali · 307.6K views · 2017-02-23 · 8:02

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Overview

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.

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Commenters recommend the whole series as an entertaining survey of constructed languages, and this episode when Toki Pona or Lojban comes up.

Recommended by 3 HN people across 3 months · HN mentions 2020–2023

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What people said

anonymfus · 2020-06 · Strong recommendation

Conlang Critic is a fan of this language: [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]

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FireInsight · 2023-05 · Recommendation

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] [VIDEO] [1] [LINK]

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rsapkf · 2021-10 · Recommendation

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]: [VIDEO]

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