Sonja Lang notable work Toki Pona: The Language of Good
Sonja Lang (née Sonja Elen Kisa, c. 1978) is a Canadian linguist and translator. She is best known for her creation of Toki Pona, a minimalist constructed language.Creation of Toki Pona
In 2001, Lang was experiencing depression and as a way to simplify her thoughts, she developed Toki Pona, an oligoisolating constructed language. Lang stated that the language, which has only 120 words, would encourage people to think through things and would encourage more positive statements, in accordance with the Sapir–Whorf hypothesis. Toki Pona was also partly inspired by Taoist philosophy. An early version of Toki Pona was published by Lang in 2001, and it quickly gained some popularity. In 2014, Lang released a book on the language, Toki Pona: The Language of Good, followed by a French edition in 2016 and a German edition in 2021.In 2021, she published a second book on Toki Pona, Toki Pona Dictionary which includes additional words invented by the Toki Pona community.
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