toki, ale o!
Now is the first half of July, and once again it is time to check what’s been happening in the Toki Pona community these past two weeks! More like three weeks, I’ve been slacking.
First of all, two large creative collaborations:
- lipu tenpo has released its June issue — nanpa supa! Read about Ikea, the game Battleship, the Khasi people, enneagrams, and more!
- The Toki Pona game jam has closed with 34 submissions! Play them now!
Some awesome stuff is coming up soon:
- The annual Toki Pona writing contest closes soon, on July 15!
- The annual Toki Pona meetup in Europe is coming up next month! It will be held in Strasbourg on 1-4th August. Sign up if you want to come! Detailed information available in a ma pona thread.
- 1 month remains until suno pi toki pona, a 24-hour festival of Toki Pona culture, taking place on Discord and Youtube every August. This is a good time to sign up as a presenter!
If you want to read more Toki Pona, these folks got you covered:
- Siddartha by Hermann Hesse, translated to Toki Pona by kala Salan, can now be bought as a parallel English-Toki Pona text, thanks to jan Tene and jebba!
- jan Pasi is translating some fables!
- jan Esuwa translated an extrafabulous comic!
The community is translating more songs as always:
- jan Janpa Onjon translated Bloom from Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, and Lonely Rolling Star from Katamari Damacy!
- jan Saki translated Somebody That I Used to Know! (By the way, this song has also been covered by jan Usawi!)
- jan Lisente translated Oh, Doctor Doctor by Milk In The Microwave!
If you enjoy gaming vods:
- mun Kekan San plays some of the games from the game jam in two livestreams!
- mun Kekan San also continues the playthrough of Deltarune!
- jan Kiso starts a survival Minecraft playthrough in Toki Pona!
Tools for learning and using Toki Pona keep getting better:
- jan Popo makes a browser game where you put together toki pona words!
- jan Mumu is trying out another game-like method of word memorisation!
- waso Keli’s SP Font Maker has received a font vendor ID ‘SPFM’!
- soweli tonsi/nja Api presents nasin Lijala, a sitelen pona input method that aims to improve on Wakalito!
- With the addition of German by jan Muntoso, Wasona is now available in 3 languages! Help Wasona by translating to your language!
But wait, there’s more:
- jan Polijan observes some deer and some beekeepers!
- lipamanka shares some opinions on lexicalisation!
- jan Ali starts new Toki Pona Instagram pages in Turkish and Arabic!
- XerographicPaper made a video discussing flaws in Toki Pona, sparking some thoughtful discussion!
- jan Eliku has made several Youtube shorts on various topics!
And, of course, some weekly events you can take part in:
- soweli Lesi hosts a weekly writing prompt thread in kama sona, aimed at improving reading and writing skills! (This is a new weekly event, it just began a month ago!)
- As usual, the VRChat community holds its weekend meetups, which you are welcome to join!
- jan Lakuse hosts luka pona lessons in kama sona every Sunday!
- jan Ke Tami hosts a weekly voice chat meetup for jan Eta’s lipu tenpo reading group. Both beginners and proficient speakers are welcome!
o awen pona.
— kala Asi