[toki-pona] add page about toki pona

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+* Toki Pona
+
+Toki Pona is a minimalist, constructed language made by Sonja Lang. The language
+is based on a small vocabulary of roughly 137 words which can take on different
+meanings depending on the context they are used in. Expressing more complex
+concepts is done by breaking it down and explaining it in simpler terms. For
+example, {programming} is "toki ilo", or "machine talk".
+
+** Syntax
+
+It is easier to understand sentence structure once one has understood compound
+words. In Toki Pona, a noun or verb is modified by adding more words at the
+end. Toki Pona itself is a phrase meaning "language good/simple", which
+translates to "good/simple language". Almost every word can act as a modifier
+this way, which means the typical distinction between verbs, nouns, and
+adjectives is not applicable.
+
+Instead, Toki Pona uses two particles to distinguish the subject from the verb
+from the object in a sentence, li and e (the language also uses SVO word order):
+
+===
+ona li toki e toki pona.|(Third person pronoun) speak(s) Toki Pona.
+===
+
+Omitting the e particle makes li mean 'to be':
+
+===
+soweli li lon tomo.|The animal is in the house.
+nasin li linja.|The path is long.
+===
+
+** Writing system
+
+Toki Pona is typically written with the Latin alphabet, but there is also an
+official set of logograms. Moreover, a slew of other writing systems have been {https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZPpSo9jOMjHi9HeBbPY56J7SPPP8rTULBPZ3GvApqW4
+created by the community}, most notable of which is perhaps the "sitelen
+sitelen" writing system.
+
+{../resources/img/tp-hieroglyphs.png Logograms for the first 120 words}
+{https://tokipona.org The official website}