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+- english
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+This document has English words to match also.
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+Toki Pona is a constructed language. Sonja Lang, a Canadian translator and linguist, made this language.[1] The words toki pona mean "good language" or "simple language".
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+Toki Pona uses simple ideas that all cultures know. However, Lang did not make Toki Pona as an international auxiliary language (a language to help people speaking different languages). She made it to test ideas about minimalism (taking out things that are not needed) and pidgins. She also used Taoist ideas.
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+Toki Pona only has about 137 words. Words can be used together to talk about other ideas. For example, jan means "person", and pona means "good". So, jan pona can mean "friend", a person who is good. This is why there does not need to be one word for "friend". The small number of words can talk about many ideas in this way.
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+Also, some words might mean a few different things when put together. tomo means "room", and tawa means "move". However, tomo tawa has many meanings, such as "airport", "gym", and "car". What someone means when they speak Toki Pona depends on the context. For example, if someone wants to exercise, tomo tawa will probably mean "gym".
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+There are a few words that show the structure of the sentence. They do not mean anything by themselves. For example, the word li shows that the next word is a verb (a word that tells about an action or a state).