diff --git a/resources/img/tp-hieroglyphs.png b/resources/img/tp-hieroglyphs.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1dbbbb6 Binary files /dev/null and b/resources/img/tp-hieroglyphs.png differ diff --git a/site-src/toki-pona.wtn b/site-src/toki-pona.wtn new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b904112 --- /dev/null +++ b/site-src/toki-pona.wtn @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +* 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}