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rjw  ·  3842 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What language(s) are you currently learning?

Are you familiar with Toki Pona? That's on my list of things to learn this summer holiday (dissertation is due tomorrow, then an exam and some other things in a week then I'm free), mostly because it's so simple. I find the idea of a language where the fundamentals are really simple and can be picked up by almost anyone kind of cool. At least it's not Ithkuil, which is terrifying because for some reason it is always written in red.





shanoxilt  ·  3838 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yes, I have an account on the Toki Pona forum. However, I have not yet learned it.

user-inactivated  ·  3842 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I looked into Toki Pona a lot during college, it was really cool. I really like their Sapir-Whorf style mentality that positive language is positive thinking. Although I guess it can have some Newspeak-esque issues. Ithkuil looks interesting, I'll have to read through more of this.