Hey language lovers I hope you all had a lovely week! Updates Mine was… let’s say "something else!" I’ve had to deal with multiple problems for a project with a client and spent the vast majority of my awake time this past week on it. On top of that, I got some throat problems that are impacting my daily life.
I think I got that right. Anyway, I loved learning Toki Pona. It was such an interesting experiment; I think the key point was that it Sonja Lang wasn't just conlanging for the hell of it, she had a point to make.
I've been thinking a lot, lately, about language learning as a deliberate statement of socio-cultural belief or support. In as much as the creation of Toki Pona was a philosophical act, I think learning languages can be a deliberate act of politics.
Anyway, there's probably a lot more to be said about that, but, in the meantime, I think I'm going to go brush up on my Toki Pona.
toki! sina pilin seme?
I think I got that right. Anyway, I loved learning Toki Pona. It was such an interesting experiment; I think the key point was that it Sonja Lang wasn't just conlanging for the hell of it, she had a point to make.
I've been thinking a lot, lately, about language learning as a deliberate statement of socio-cultural belief or support. In as much as the creation of Toki Pona was a philosophical act, I think learning languages can be a deliberate act of politics.
Anyway, there's probably a lot more to be said about that, but, in the meantime, I think I'm going to go brush up on my Toki Pona.