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Conlang Critic Episode Twelve: Toki Pona

Conlang Critic Episode Twelve: Toki Pona

jan Misali
3 HN recommenders · discussed 2020–2023
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About this video

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.

Why it appears in the archive

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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From the Hacker News discussion

anonymfus · 2020-06 · strong rec

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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rsapkf · 2021-10 · rec

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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FireInsight · 2023-05 · rec

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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