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Conlang Critic Episode Twelve: Toki Pona

jan Misali · commentary · Watch on YouTube

Language & linguistics

What it is

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 Hacker News recommends it

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

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2020, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “I highly recommend watching all episodes of their show”

    Conlang Critic review of Toki Pona, part of a series

    anonymfus, 2020-06 · Strong recommendation · in “Toki Pona”

  2. “jan Misali has an interesting playlist[0] with reviews on various contructed languages including Toki Pona.”

    Playlist reviewing constructed languages

    rsapkf, 2021-10 · Recommendation · in “Toki Pona: A Language with a Hundred Words (2015)”

  3. “I take all my conlang opinions from jan Misali aka Conlang Critic”

    Conlang Critic favors Toki Pona over Lojban

    FireInsight, 2023-05 · Recommendation · in “Lojban: Constructed language to eliminate ambiguity from communication”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: toki pona, conlang, linguistics, language review

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