Toki Pona On Duolingo! (2023)

**What is toki pona?** Toki Pona is a conlang with only 120 words. It has simple grammar, and is easy to learn. It is based on Taoist principles, and prefers simplicity over clarity. Today, it is the second most spoken conlang, under Esperanto, and with around the same number of speakers as Klingon. — **Why should I learn it?** 1. Without having to worry about bunches of new words to learn, you can concentrate on the grammar. 2. Languages can be tough to learn. Learning toki pona will

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Toki Pona on Duolingo![deactivated user]What is toki pona?
Toki Pona is a conlang with only 120 words. It has simple grammar, and is easy to learn. It is based on Taoist principles, and prefers simplicity over clarity. Today, it is the second most spoken conlang, under Esperanto, and with around the same number of speakers as Klingon.
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Why should I learn it?

Without having to worry about bunches of new words to learn, you can concentrate on the grammar.

Languages can be tough to learn. Learning toki pona will give you the confidence necessary to finish that other language tree

Learning about “direct objects” and other grammar topics in a setting like toki pona can make it easier to understand in another language.

It’s relaxing to learn, and a fun challenge.

It’s easy enough that you’ll never burn out, but challenging enough to give your brain a workout!

It’s important to use your language in real life as soon as possible. With toki pona, you won’t feel nervous that you don’t know enough words of grammar to have a conversation. That confidence can carry over into other languages!

Only having a vocabulary of 120 words will help you see the world differently.

toki pona shares similarities with many other languages you may plan to study, giving you a jump start.

It uses the Latin script, meaning there will be no technical issues in the Incubator.

It’s design is rooted in the principles of Tao. How cool is that!?

Why on Duolingo?
Other conlangs are being made and taught on Duolingo. Esperanto has been one of the most popular additions to Duolingo. Toki Pona is one of the largest conlangs, and would fit right in.

My Toki Pona Tinycards decks
toki pona: All Vocab
toki pona: Color
toki pona: Numbers
toki pona: Countries
toki pona: Common Phrases
toki pona: People
toki pona: Animals
toki pona: Family
toki pona: Time
toki pona: Languages
P.S. If you would be interested in contributing to a toki pona course, let me know on my stream:).July 20, 2016

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What is toki pona?
Toki Pona is a conlang with only 120 words. It has simple grammar, and is easy to learn. It is based on Taoist principles, and prefers simplicity over clarity. Today, it is the second most spoken conlang, under Esperanto, and with around the same number of speakers as Klingon.
—
Why should I learn it?

Without having to worry about bunches of new words to learn, you can concentrate on the grammar.

Languages can be tough to learn. Learning toki pona will give you the confidence necessary to finish that other language tree

Learning about “direct objects” and other grammar topics in a setting like toki pona can make it easier to understand in another language.

It’s relaxing to learn, and a fun challenge.

It’s easy enough that you’ll never burn out, but challenging enough to give your brain a workout!

It’s important to use your language in real life as soon as possible. With toki pona, you won’t feel nervous that you don’t know enough words of grammar to have a conversation. That confidence can carry over into other languages!

Only having a vocabulary of 120 words will help you see the world differently.

toki pona shares similarities with many other languages you may plan to study, giving you a jump start.

It uses the Latin script, meaning there will be no technical issues in the Incubator.

It’s design is rooted in the principles of Tao. How cool is that!?

Why on Duolingo?
Other conlangs are being made and taught on Duolingo. Esperanto has been one of the most popular additions to Duolingo. Toki Pona is one of the largest conlangs, and would fit right in.

My Toki Pona Tinycards decks
toki pona: All Vocab
toki pona: Color
toki pona: Numbers
toki pona: Countries
toki pona: Common Phrases
toki pona: People
toki pona: Animals
toki pona: Family
toki pona: Time
toki pona: Languages
P.S. If you would be interested in contributing to a toki pona course, let me know on my stream:).

July 20, 2016

35 CommentsDragonPolyglotToki pona would be a very nice addition to Duolingo, since it’s a minimalist language which most languages aren’t. Only 14 letters, entirely phonetic, roughly 120 words.
Btw, I think you meant to type “easy to learn” and not “lean”.July 20, 2016[deactivated user]Exactly. Thank you! I fixed it ;)July 20, 2016ISpeakAlienToki Pona would be a great (and very short) course on Duolingo.

nasin pi kama sona pi toki pona pi ilo Duolingo li pona mute li lili mute.January 15, 2019C.Sheppardmi toki ala ni: ona li jo ala e luka luka luka ilo pi kama sona.
I doubt it would have more than fifteen lessons.September 3, 2020jan_ElinI’m not very good toki pona speaker but i’m interested in contributing to amazing toki pona course 🙂 It really good idea!November 8, 2016LoganCulle3I can see that you are learning english, you are completely understandable to natives but you forgot the “a” inbetween not and very. There is a “the” inbetween to and the, also “It really good idea” should be “It’s a really good idea”. Just expose yourself to audio of native speakers and find the patterns for grammar so they become intuitive. Never feel like you can’t do well, I am doing worse with my languages I’m learning.April 14, 2020Roman78612do cxu vi povas helpiJune 7, 2019relaxwhc639I hope to learn Toki Pona on DuolingoJuly 27, 2020sad_quails658I would recommend using Memrise for now. Once you learn it, you can help me make the Duolingo course!September 22, 2020iCareENTP:D I’m definitely learning it now. Thanks, Jack! :DJuly 20, 2016-BellaLuna-I would too!July 21, 2016emceelarenyes, please!January 3, 2019Ricardo666742I can help too 😀
I’m from Brazil and I’m learning toki pona, esperanto and english.
If you do the toki pona course, more peoples will learn this language, and is very easy!March 8, 2019scarcererYour Esperanto comment made me do another pointless and non-scientific study. Here is how many learners each course (from English) has gained/day:

Spanish: 40 857 (since the launch for the general public)
French: 24 983
German: 15 807
Italian: 9 913
Russian: 6 565 (1st of the Incubator made courses)
Portuguese: 4 327
Swedish: 3 448
Dutch: 3 111
Turkish: 2 881
Irish: 2 761
Polish: 2 165
Hebrew: 1 860 (1st of the courses in beta/not on mobile)
Norwegian: 1 834
Danish: 1 624
Hungarian: 1 243
Welsh: 1 158
Esperanto: 1 102
Ukrainian: 972
Vietnamese: 726

I am aware of round numbers, people deleting their courses, using multiple accounts or most importantly, not being able to access some courses because they are mobile-only users and probably several other factors but I think this still gives a better idea of popularity than just the number of learners.July 20, 2016avidruckerThank you for these awesome TinyCards!March 6, 2018nyanyan52toki! mi pilin e ni : ni li pona mute! toki pona li pona mute tawa mi, tan ona li pona! mi toki Duolingo li wile jo e toki pona! pali pona! :)December 18, 2018sleepydraegonI ‘d love to contribute to the course! March 23, 2019TheChikenMasterI would gladly help! I am semi-fluent, so more technical stuff could help.April 10, 2019Ein_KleinerI think Toki Pona would be neat to have on DuolingoDecember 28, 2020John00625That would be a really short tree! Duolingo should add it!
EDIT: Also, could you explain the grammar to me? Is it like English?July 20, 2016[deactivated user]Actually, I don’t think that would be the case. The 120 words need to be combined to make more.
For example, jan pona, which means friend, is literally good person.
It would be a shorter than average tree, but it could be at least 20-30 skills.July 20, 2016John00625Ok, I didn’t know that you use Toki Pona in that way. Interesting! Are there any online communities or forums that are in Toki Pona?July 20, 2016[deactivated user]Toki pona forums
FacebookJuly 20, 2016John00625Thank you. Can you explain the grammar ? or direct me to a site that has an explanation? (P.S.) Thank you for all the answers, I will be saving this post for a future reference to when anybody asks about Toki Pona and I’ll show them the links you provided.July 20, 2016[deactivated user]I used:
http://tokipona.net/tp/janpije/okamasona.php
http://rowa.giso.de/languages/toki-pona/english/toki-pona-lessons_en.pdf
I would also be happy to answer any questions you have.July 20, 2016DragonPolyglotYup. Another example is in the name itself; “toki” means “talk” or “speak” and “pona” means “small” or “good”.July 20, 2016CosmonautKittenI would love for a Toki Pona course to exist on duolingo and would be happy to contribute.January 21, 2021Jordan775736PlusToki Pona would be perfect. I’m learning it now and it’s even easier than EsperantoJune 22, 2021zerp349902toki pona li jo wawa. i wholeheartedly endorse thisFebruary 28, 2020sad_quails658Mi toki e toki pona. I would be happy to contribute to a Toki Pona course. It would be helpful if I could get a rough number of how many people want to contribute. September 22, 2020mermaidmusePlusI just heard about toki pona and I think it would be a great addition to Duolingo!March 20, 2021KennethCuberinteresting!May 9, 2019elearone110toki pona li pona mi! mi wile li sona toki e toki pona pona mute.May 23, 2020TYPH0N-EgyptIs the tiny cards not working, this is my first time using it, it just opens Duolingo and does nothing…October 7, 2021RyanBigger4Seems like a great idea!December 1, 2021

35 Comments

DragonPolyglotToki pona would be a very nice addition to Duolingo, since it’s a minimalist language which most languages aren’t. Only 14 letters, entirely phonetic, roughly 120 words.
Btw, I think you meant to type “easy to learn” and not “lean”.July 20, 2016[deactivated user]Exactly. Thank you! I fixed it ;)July 20, 2016ISpeakAlienToki Pona would be a great (and very short) course on Duolingo.

nasin pi kama sona pi toki pona pi ilo Duolingo li pona mute li lili mute.January 15, 2019C.Sheppardmi toki ala ni: ona li jo ala e luka luka luka ilo pi kama sona.
I doubt it would have more than fifteen lessons.September 3, 2020jan_ElinI’m not very good toki pona speaker but i’m interested in contributing to amazing toki pona course 🙂 It really good idea!November 8, 2016LoganCulle3I can see that you are learning english, you are completely understandable to natives but you forgot the “a” inbetween not and very. There is a “the” inbetween to and the, also “It really good idea” should be “It’s a really good idea”. Just expose yourself to audio of native speakers and find the patterns for grammar so they become intuitive. Never feel like you can’t do well, I am doing worse with my languages I’m learning.April 14, 2020Roman78612do cxu vi povas helpiJune 7, 2019relaxwhc639I hope to learn Toki Pona on DuolingoJuly 27, 2020sad_quails658I would recommend using Memrise for now. Once you learn it, you can help me make the Duolingo course!September 22, 2020iCareENTP:D I’m definitely learning it now. Thanks, Jack! :DJuly 20, 2016-BellaLuna-I would too!July 21, 2016emceelarenyes, please!January 3, 2019Ricardo666742I can help too 😀
I’m from Brazil and I’m learning toki pona, esperanto and english.
If you do the toki pona course, more peoples will learn this language, and is very easy!March 8, 2019scarcererYour Esperanto comment made me do another pointless and non-scientific study. Here is how many learners each course (from English) has gained/day:

Spanish: 40 857 (since the launch for the general public)
French: 24 983
German: 15 807
Italian: 9 913
Russian: 6 565 (1st of the Incubator made courses)
Portuguese: 4 327
Swedish: 3 448
Dutch: 3 111
Turkish: 2 881
Irish: 2 761
Polish: 2 165
Hebrew: 1 860 (1st of the courses in beta/not on mobile)
Norwegian: 1 834
Danish: 1 624
Hungarian: 1 243
Welsh: 1 158
Esperanto: 1 102
Ukrainian: 972
Vietnamese: 726

I am aware of round numbers, people deleting their courses, using multiple accounts or most importantly, not being able to access some courses because they are mobile-only users and probably several other factors but I think this still gives a better idea of popularity than just the number of learners.July 20, 2016avidruckerThank you for these awesome TinyCards!March 6, 2018nyanyan52toki! mi pilin e ni : ni li pona mute! toki pona li pona mute tawa mi, tan ona li pona! mi toki Duolingo li wile jo e toki pona! pali pona! :)December 18, 2018sleepydraegonI ‘d love to contribute to the course! March 23, 2019TheChikenMasterI would gladly help! I am semi-fluent, so more technical stuff could help.April 10, 2019Ein_KleinerI think Toki Pona would be neat to have on DuolingoDecember 28, 2020John00625That would be a really short tree! Duolingo should add it!
EDIT: Also, could you explain the grammar to me? Is it like English?July 20, 2016[deactivated user]Actually, I don’t think that would be the case. The 120 words need to be combined to make more.
For example, jan pona, which means friend, is literally good person.
It would be a shorter than average tree, but it could be at least 20-30 skills.July 20, 2016John00625Ok, I didn’t know that you use Toki Pona in that way. Interesting! Are there any online communities or forums that are in Toki Pona?July 20, 2016[deactivated user]Toki pona forums
FacebookJuly 20, 2016John00625Thank you. Can you explain the grammar ? or direct me to a site that has an explanation? (P.S.) Thank you for all the answers, I will be saving this post for a future reference to when anybody asks about Toki Pona and I’ll show them the links you provided.July 20, 2016[deactivated user]I used:
http://tokipona.net/tp/janpije/okamasona.php
http://rowa.giso.de/languages/toki-pona/english/toki-pona-lessons_en.pdf
I would also be happy to answer any questions you have.July 20, 2016DragonPolyglotYup. Another example is in the name itself; “toki” means “talk” or “speak” and “pona” means “small” or “good”.July 20, 2016CosmonautKittenI would love for a Toki Pona course to exist on duolingo and would be happy to contribute.January 21, 2021Jordan775736PlusToki Pona would be perfect. I’m learning it now and it’s even easier than EsperantoJune 22, 2021zerp349902toki pona li jo wawa. i wholeheartedly endorse thisFebruary 28, 2020sad_quails658Mi toki e toki pona. I would be happy to contribute to a Toki Pona course. It would be helpful if I could get a rough number of how many people want to contribute. September 22, 2020mermaidmusePlusI just heard about toki pona and I think it would be a great addition to Duolingo!March 20, 2021KennethCuberinteresting!May 9, 2019elearone110toki pona li pona mi! mi wile li sona toki e toki pona pona mute.May 23, 2020TYPH0N-EgyptIs the tiny cards not working, this is my first time using it, it just opens Duolingo and does nothing…October 7, 2021RyanBigger4Seems like a great idea!December 1, 2021

DragonPolyglotToki pona would be a very nice addition to Duolingo, since it’s a minimalist language which most languages aren’t. Only 14 letters, entirely phonetic, roughly 120 words.
Btw, I think you meant to type “easy to learn” and not “lean”.July 20, 2016

DragonPolyglot

Toki pona would be a very nice addition to Duolingo, since it’s a minimalist language which most languages aren’t. Only 14 letters, entirely phonetic, roughly 120 words.
Btw, I think you meant to type “easy to learn” and not “lean”.July 20, 2016

Toki pona would be a very nice addition to Duolingo, since it’s a minimalist language which most languages aren’t. Only 14 letters, entirely phonetic, roughly 120 words.
Btw, I think you meant to type “easy to learn” and not “lean”.

July 20, 2016

July 20, 2016

[deactivated user]Exactly. Thank you! I fixed it ;)July 20, 2016

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Exactly. Thank you! I fixed it 😉

July 20, 2016

July 20, 2016

ISpeakAlienToki Pona would be a great (and very short) course on Duolingo.

nasin pi kama sona pi toki pona pi ilo Duolingo li pona mute li lili mute.January 15, 2019

Toki Pona would be a great (and very short) course on Duolingo.

nasin pi kama sona pi toki pona pi ilo Duolingo li pona mute li lili mute.

January 15, 2019

January 15, 2019

C.Sheppardmi toki ala ni: ona li jo ala e luka luka luka ilo pi kama sona.
I doubt it would have more than fifteen lessons.September 3, 2020

mi toki ala ni: ona li jo ala e luka luka luka ilo pi kama sona.
I doubt it would have more than fifteen lessons.

September 3, 2020

September 3, 2020

jan_ElinI’m not very good toki pona speaker but i’m interested in contributing to amazing toki pona course 🙂 It really good idea!November 8, 2016

I’m not very good toki pona speaker but i’m interested in contributing to amazing toki pona course 🙂 It really good idea!

November 8, 2016

November 8, 2016

LoganCulle3I can see that you are learning english, you are completely understandable to natives but you forgot the “a” inbetween not and very. There is a “the” inbetween to and the, also “It really good idea” should be “It’s a really good idea”. Just expose yourself to audio of native speakers and find the patterns for grammar so they become intuitive. Never feel like you can’t do well, I am doing worse with my languages I’m learning.April 14, 2020

I can see that you are learning english, you are completely understandable to natives but you forgot the “a” inbetween not and very. There is a “the” inbetween to and the, also “It really good idea” should be “It’s a really good idea”. Just expose yourself to audio of native speakers and find the patterns for grammar so they become intuitive. Never feel like you can’t do well, I am doing worse with my languages I’m learning.

April 14, 2020

April 14, 2020

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