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    Conlang Critic Episode Twelve: Toki Pona

    jan Misali

    3 HN recommenders · recommended in 3 months, 2020–2023

    YouTube

    8:02 · 308K views · Feb 23, 2017

    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

    1. @anonymfusJun 2020· in “Toki Pona”

      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]

      Strongly recommendsView on HN
    2. @rsapkfOct 2021· in “Toki Pona: A Language with a Hundred Words (2015)”

      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

      RecommendsView on HN
    3. @FireInsightMay 2023· in “Lojban: Constructed language to eliminate ambiguity from communication”

      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]

      RecommendsView on HN