This video is all about Toki Pona - a minimalist constructed language with only 123 words! The name of the language means "The language of good", "toki" meaning "language" (Like "talk"), and "pona" meaning "good". The idea of Toki Pona is to simplify thought and communication by cutting our communication down to the most important universal concepts, and expressing more complex concepts by combining simple ones. With only 123 words, translating a single English word into Toki Pona sometimes requires several words to "explain" or paraphrase the idea. The Toki Pona community, which uses Toki Pona to communicate online (and occasionally in person) has collectively developed a vocabulary of such phrases, and if you include them all, Toki Pona has a lot more than 123 vocabulary items. But its core vocabulary is still extremely small.

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Toki Pona inspires various reactions, including some people who say it reminds them of "Newspeak" in the George Orwell book 1984, but the intention behind it is much more positive than that. At the very least, it's a very interesting and unique conlang!

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Music

Body: "Time Illusionist" by Asher Fulero.
Outro: "Man" by Rondo Brothers.