Koneho wrote:Tokipona: Not interested in the communities lack of desire to grow the language beyond how it is. Not interested in the Eurocentrism that runs through the learners who're proficient. Tokipona functions a lot like an Austronesian language, esp a Polynesian one. If they'd beef up the vocabulary and quit be open to it being used as an aux lang, it'd have so much potential.
Toki Pona was originally created by a Canadian linguist as a "cute, little language" to help her fight through depression and "understand the meaning of life in 120 words". Inspired by Taoist philosophy, it encourages mindfulness and positive thinking, and I admit, I felt surprisingly pona (good) after completing these last two projects. I think a lot can be learned through taking time out to contemplate life in simpler terms, as life can indeed grow complicated and challenging at the best of times. And as a happy by-product, learning to read in Toki Pona also led to new language learning ideas and increased overall motivation and clarity, which I hope to pass on to new language projects.
Koneho wrote:Hawaiian: I have to ask, have you found any Hawaiian communities online for chatting? I've been looking for speakers and the only one I've found is a grumpy old man on discord. (This is the reason I am gracing your humble log, and interrupting the regularly scheduled programming, sorry!)
No worries, and sorry to hear you've encountered some "discord" on Discord. Unfortunately it can happen in any language, but in general, Hawaiians are super friendly and very considerate people. I haven't chatted online in Hawaiian as of yet, as I live in Hawai'i and can do this face-to-face. However it's an excellent question and I'll ask around.
Koneho wrote:Tagalog: Grats on starting your journey. I've been with the language for almost 2 years now, and its so rewarding. I also enjoy the feeling of having a big brain. The morphology is quite out there compared to most of the boring languages we see on ll.org. Leo's site in general is great for Tagalog. Hope it serves you well!
Maraming salamat! I agree, learning Tagalog has been very rewarding so far, and the people treat you almost like family after just a few phrases! I can't wait to jump into more of Leo's lessons and continue my journey.