Styles of Speech & Tokiponidos

Toki Pona speakers like have fun, and as a result, the language has various different styles of speech that you might come across informally.

There are also various languages based off of / inspired by toki pona, called "tokiponidos".

Styles of Speech:

isipin epiku

isipin epiku is a silly speech style, where you only use nimi sin. Particles are hard to replace, but with words like ki, lo, and alu it's easy to make a complete sentence. However, don't make up new nimi sin on the spot, that's cheating.

isipin epiku ki (isipin kikolo) ki (wawajete) ki (lanpan teken alente). iki ki (lokon apeja). iki ki (epiku) alu lanpan teken wawajete.
isipin epiku ki isipin kikolo ki wawajete ki lanpan teken alente. iki ki lokon apeja isipin. iki ki epiku alu lanpan teken wawajete. ka ki lanpan teken powe aku apeja owe.

nasin panke

nasin panke is a speech style created by French toki pona speakers from the toki pona francophone discord server. It has a lot of fun nimi sin derived from French words. The phrase "nasin panke" literally means "baguette way", since it is a French style of speech.

nasin panke li nasin toki tan jan mute pi(linluwi toki+pona [KANSE]). ona jo nimi sin kikolo [KANSE]. ona li nasin toki [KANSE] la "nasin panke" li sama "nasin pi pan".
nasin panke li nasin toki tan jan mute Kanse pi linluwi Kanse pi toki pona. ona jo nimi sin kikolo Kanse. ona li nasin toki Kanse la "nasin panke" li sama "nasin pi pan".

The sitelen pona symbols for the words "kikolo" and "pipolo" are based on the shadoks and the gibis from the TV show Les Shadoks.

sitelen kikolo li sama waso nasa [SATOKE]. sitelen pipolo li sama soweli sona [KIPI]. waso [SATOKE] en soweli [KIPI] li tan sitelen tawa [LESATOKESE].
sitelen kikolo li sama waso nasa Satoke. sitelen pipolo li sama soweli sona Kipi. waso Satoke en soweli Kipi li tan sitelen tawa Lesatokese.
list of words:
antikontitutonelema
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antikontitutonelema
a big mess
apelo
apelo
drinking with friends to relax
kalapisituwi
kalapis-
kalapisituji
kalapisituwi
nonsense
(nasin panke speakers will purposley spell the word "wrong" after the first three syllables)
kikolo
kikolo
funny
kikulo
kikulo
immature
kokoliko
kokoliko
chickens / roosters
kosikosa
kosikosa
so-so / neither good nor bad
masalo
masalo
(interjection of dissappointment, used similarly to "pakala")
olala
olala
oh là là!
panke
panke
baguette
pipolo
pipolo
something that's supposed to be funny, but isn't
sapelipope
sapelipope
(interjection of dissappointment, used similarly to "masalo" but more dated-sounding)
sikako
sikako
snails / slugs / gastropods
wiwi
wiwi
yes / I agree

Tokiponidos:

tuki tiki

tuki tiki is a language based on toki pona, that tries to be even smaller and simpler than toki pona already is. Its name, "tuki tiki", literally translates to "roundabout language".

tuki tiki li ilu tuki pula li lili tuki. tuki tiki la tuki pula li tiku. tuki tiki li titi: "tuki tiki".
tuki tiki li ilu tuki pula li lili tuki. tuki tiki la tuki pula li tiku. tuki tiki li titi: "tuki tiki".

It only has 8 letters: a, i, k, l, m, p, t, and u.

li lu i lili tuki
li lu i lili tuki.
list of words:

Aa

a
a
all / only / exist / true
ala
ala
no / not / nothing / what

Ii

i
i
(Used to add an object to a sentence, similarly to "e" in toki pona)
iku
iku
thing / object / material / stuff
ilu
ilu
tool / use / using / way / method

Kk

ka
ka
person / animal / alive / living being
kati
dt>kati
plant / leaf / page / non-moving animal
ki
ki
possible / able to / can / maybe
kiku
kiku
rock / hard / land / place / ground / metal
ku
ku
air / gas / emotion / vibe /sound

Ll

la
la
(Provides context, similarly to "la" in toki pona)
lapi
lapi
calm / cold / sleep / resting / dim / fuzzy /dormant
li
li
this / that / they / them / she / her / he / him / it / its
(Third person pronoun, also used similarly to "li" in toki pona)
lika
lika
line / stick / limb
lili
lili
little / few
liti
calm / cold / sleep / resting / dim / fuzzy /dormant
(Archaic)
lu
lu
(Conjunction/preposition, used similarly to "lon" in toki pona)
lupa
lupa
hole / room / box / mouth / inside

Mm

mi
mi
I / me / my / we / us / our / ours
(First person pronoun)
muku
muku
eat / food / sweet / tasty / pleasant
muti
muti
fun / play / culture / art

Pp

paka
paka
break / destroy / fight / conflict / violence
pali
pali
do / make / creation / structure
puka
puka
side / backside / vicinity
pula
pula
good

Tt

taka
taka
move / go / come / move towards / change / time / direction / force
tama
tama
same / similar / stay / remain / also / stay the same
tiki
tiki
circle / round / time / cycle / repeat / pattern / again
tiku
tiku
big / high / tall / important / top / sky / head
tila
tila
you / yours
(Second person pronoun)
tilu
tilu
water / liquid
timi
timi
what
(Used for questions, similarly to "seme" in toki pona)
tipi
tipi
front / face / wall / vertical surface
titi
titi
symbol / picture / image / meaning / represent
tu
tu
group / many / a lot / more than one
tuki
tuki
talk / noise / think / communicate / language
tula
tula
knowledge / know / feel / learn / document
tulu
tulu
sun / light / heat / warm / energy / color

Uu

uli
uli
want / need / goal / desire / direction / force
upi
upi
new / begin /beginning / start / cause /fresh

Kokanu

Kokanu, formerly known as "toki ma", is a language designed to be used as an international auxilliary language.

It has about 360 different words, and a writing system called "Likanu".

Korn

Korn, also known as "kɔ̃" or "toki ike", is a joke language created by jan Misali. Described as "toki pona but it's bad", korn replaces each word in toki pona with a different phoneme, making each sentence its own word. (Although technically, each toki pona word has two different phonemes, one being a consonant and one being a vowel. Words in korn start with consonants and switch to vowels every other letter.)

kɔ̃jaŋmgbiismisalijyh ketʃ'ɔ̃təjɤdzookelũũgwɪjɤlhøløɓ (tʃ'ørookejʌβũũ ŋgũũts'iəmbiidzookɔ̃gw)