3 HN users recommended this commentary3 months2020–2023score 3.5
Years with an HN recommendation, 2007–2026
Commenters recommend the whole series as an entertaining survey of constructed languages, and this episode when Toki Pona or Lojban comes up.
An episode of jan Misali's Conlang Critic series reviewing Toki Pona, a minimalist constructed language with about a hundred words. It is a short, humorous critique of the language's design.
“I highly recommend watching all episodes of their show” (HN, 2020)
Conlang Critic is a fan of this language: [this video] I highly recommend watching all episodes of their show if you like an idea of short text based video essays about constructed languages: [link]
Conlang Critic review of Toki Pona, part of a series
If anyone is interested in learning about conlangs, jan Misali has an interesting playlist[0] with reviews on various contructed languages including Toki Pona. [0]: [this video]
I take all my conlang opinions from jan Misali aka Conlang Critic and he tells me to love toki pona [0] instead of lojban [1]. [0] [this video] [1] [link]
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