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This page is a collection of things to read, watch, and listen to in Toki Pona – creations and translations done by the Toki Pona community.
Music
jan Usawi on their own is a reason to get excited about Toki Pona. An incredibly talented singer and musician, they periodically release original Toki Pona songs on YouTube.
Jan Sepulon also has a good many songs up on YouTube. He makes original songs as well as covers translated into Toki Pona.
From an earlier time, this cute song is full of joy. It’s pretty easy for a beginner to understand… and even to sing along with.
Combined with animation and with the words written on the items they correspond to, this too is easy to follow along with for beginners. A cute little story/song, it also gives good examples of unique Toki Pona grammar such as spatial nouns and how to use multiple predicates.
Translations
The big news of 2024 is Sonja Lang’s third book, a translation of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz. It is written all in the sitelen pona, the hieroglyph system.
toki soweli tan jan Beatrix Potter
A lovely online collection of Beatrix Potter stories in Toki Pona.
Siddhartha
A translation of Herman Hesse’s Siddhartha.
toki musi pi jan monsuta loje
This is a translation of the Japanese fairy tale “Naita Aka-oni”, or “The Red Oni who Cried”.
You can also listen to jan Kekan San read this story:
https://redcircle.com/shows/kalama-sin/ep/274faed0-95b8-4c48-b40b-396870d07419
mun o pimeja pona
Listen to a reading of Goodnight Moon in Toki Pona.
musi lili has snippets of various movies dubbed in Toki Pona with sitelen pona (hieroglyph) subtitles.
Original Fiction
Fingtam Languages has several easy reading Toki Pona books out, which are available on Amazon. They have the same story three times – the first is simplified with illustrations. The second and third times add details, allowing beginners to ease into a longer story.
lipu kule is a collection of short writings in Toki Pona on various topics submitted by people.
lipu monsuta has some horror stories written in Toki Pona.
utala musi pi ma pona
This site hosts a yearly literature contest. You can also read the entries from previous years.
Pepper & Carrot, an open source comic, has a Toki Pona option.
Magazines and News
lipu tenpo is a magazine in Toki Pona. It has articles, stories, a comic, games, and more.
sona sin
sona sin is news in Toki Pona that comes out around twice a year on YouTube.
Sites
Wikipesija is a wiki resource of articles and news in Toki Pona.
Merch
A couple of places have Toki Pona shirts, mugs, pins, and more.