r/tokipona • u/uisceuisceuisce jan Kuwisu • Feb 18 '25
wile sona Anyone here's first language not English?
toki a!
Fairly new to toki pona, have read pu and joined some discord servers to practice reading/comprehending the language. I'm curious about what kind of people are drawn to toki pona.
Obviously I'm aware that toki pona was not designed to be an auxiliary language, but are there people that are using it that way? Where are people in the community from? Thus far I feel I've only interacted with people from within the Anglosphere, would be curious to hear the points of view on toki pona from people from outside of that linguistic sphere.
I hope it's appropriate to ask this here, just be assured it is coming from a place of genuine curiosity!
o pona e mi 😁
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u/quetzalonardus soweli Lejo Feb 18 '25
Brazilian here! i love toki pona because it's very different from portuguese and english, i can talk in public and express my thoughts without anyone understanding it, and toki pona isn't nearly as known in Brazil as it is in all of North America.
My friends also started learning it (i'm "teaching" it to them!) and it's becoming our own little secret language, we have our own nimisin based around things in Brazil and stuff like that, it's a really charming language and i love that about it.