Iju Puna (The Language of Simplicity)

Iju Puna (The Language of Simplicity) - Conlang Profile

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Language Name	Iju Puna
Language Author	Kevin Goodman
Year Began	2004
Site	Iju Puna
Broken Link	Yes
Site Language	English
Site Author	Kevin Goodman
Language Type	personal language
Uniqueness	Iju Puna is the smallest quasi-usable language in the world with only 16 words. It is almost actually usable because of the way the vocabulary was designed to be very broad. At this rate, I would estimate the language will become fairly usable at 30 - 40 words.
Language Sources	Toki Pona, which I am a fluent speaker of. toki! jan ale pi toki pona o a! o pana e kasi sona tawa mi! Also, Earth Minimal, to a lesser extent. Some vocabulary is also based on English.
Design Principles	To be the consequence of reducing languages to their smallest usable form, and obviously to fit my personal philosophies. Also, I have been building the vocabulary up from simplicity which is evident with the grammar of Iju Puna.
Interest Of Others	Not at all, although I have told about it to some people in the Toki Pona chatroom. Everyone thinks I'm crazy. mi jan nasa anu seme? toki ni li lili mute, taso mi ken toki kepeken ona. a a a.
Dictionary	Yes
Etymologies	No
Grammar	Yes
Sample Texts	Yes
Unique Script	No
Primer	Yes
Babel Text	No
Lexicon Size	16
Submitted By	NA
Date Submitted	Tuesday, March 09, 2004
Updated By	Marq Thompson
Date Edited	Sunday, May 02, 2004
Description Of Update	Broken Link
Date To Headline	Tuesday, March 16, 2004