Toki Pona Dictionary

by Sonja Lang, Vacon Sartirani (Illustrator)

tenpo ku li lon a!

Explore the world’s most simple and fun language! How can a language with only 137 essential words express the totality of human experience?

Toki Pona Dictionary is a comprehensive two-way dictionary with a total of over 11,000 entries, garnished with 43 fun illustrations by Vacon Sartirani. These translations will equip you with helpful examples and commonly used options to inspire and guide your self-expression.

kijetesantakalu tonsi li lanpan ala lanpan e soko? This work documents Toki Pona as a living language and includes many new words created by the growing community.

Explore the world’s most simple and fun language!

Genres: Language, Nonfiction, Linguistics, Reference

401 pages, Paperback

Published July 18, 2021

Reviews

[Alanna]

Very literally the most fun I've ever had with a dictionary.

toki pona en lipu ku li epiku!

[Donny Horton-Bailey]

A great follow up to Toki Pona: The Language of Good. Since this is mostly a dictionary, I didn't read it cover to cover, but I did go through and added sitelen pona to most of the toki pona isolated words. It provides clarifications and errata to portions of the first book, which is helpful. I really enjoy that jan Sonja emphases that the words in this dictionary are a compilation of how the language is actually used, rather than a prescriptive list of "correct" words and phrases.

[Jan Kata]

A useful tool and fun accessory for any fan of Toki Pona, or exprimental conlangs in general.

This "dictionary" is not an ordinary dictionary, but rather a collection of suggested translations meant to help those translating or learning Toki Pona. This is simply the best way a dictionary could be made for this language. It avoids standardizing the meaning of set phrases or steeply increasing the vocabulary - both of which would comprimize the language's goal.

A worthwhile book to have!

[Jess]

One is really never “done” using a dictionary!

I’ve been writing daily diary entries in toki pona using the grammar from the first book and many of the word suggestions from this book.

I really appreciate that the book (and toki pona generally) offers a variety of ways to think about one thing.

Def an essential for anyone serious about learning toki pona.

[Deepak]

ni li pona pona a! jan Sonja li kama sona tan jan pi kulupu pi toki pona e mute. ona li pana e sona ni tawa jan ale! pona mute

[Colette]

Sonja Lang is the first and last person to make an enjoyable dictionary.

[shua]

lipu ni li pona a! mi kama sona e mute!