maponian dialect

Information

Overview

Maponian is one of the larger dialects of toki pona. Maponian is largely characterised by two things:

1. Maponian is mostly taught through #pana-sona by a somewhat homogeneous speaker base that generally doesn’t have conflicts when trying to communicate through toki pona, resulting in a fairly standardised dialect of toki pona that incubates new speakers fast.

2. Maponian has a faster than normal cycle of evolution due to the #sona-musi channel encouraging sharing and discussion of ideas that would otherwise wither on the vine or get shunned by the community.

Notable Non-pu vocabulary

tonsi

genderqueer, trans, not cis

linluwi

connection, network, relationship

kuntu

laughter

Shared Meanings

This is not a dictionary, only analysing commonly shared concepts a Maponian speaker is likely to recognise as the primary meaning of a phrase.