toki Bo li moli

[jan Josan]

lipu sitelen li toki e ni: jan wan taso li toki e toki Bo. ona li kama moli. jan pi sona toki li pilin ike tan ni.

[janMato]

Well the're isn't a forum, mailing list, online dictionary or flash card app. It doesn't have a governing body for the orderly resumption of speaking, there isn't a corpus of re-publishable text. And for crying out loud, who's going to want to speak a language with out a Tengwar font? That alone probably did in the language.

If only they'd joined the LCS, this fatal string of mistakes could have been avoided.

Even gjâ-zym-byn is in better shape for a comeback should it's last speaker die--but fortunate for gjâ-zym-byn, Henry is jan pi moli ken ala. Good conlanger's don't die, a lesson that speakers of dying languages should take note of.

[janKipo]

a a a a a a a a a a a a a! (but painfully true).

[saebjorn]

ni li ike mute. jan Mato o, sina toki e nimi mute ike ni tan seme?! toki pona li moli la sina pilin ala e pona anu seme? sina toki pona. taso mi pilin e ni: sina no pilin ike tan toki Bo li ala.

I didn't really mean much of that, looking back on it:) your tone was just...unexpected to see on a language board.

[janMato]

jan Sæbjörn* o kama pona tawa lipu mute ni!

nimi mi ni li toki musi!

On a serious note, all conlangs are moribund, dead or dying, probably including Esperanto, by the metrics used for natural languages (particularly, how many kids are learning the language and using it at home as a percent of the total community). That conlangs are coming to life at all is nothing short of amazing and language revivalist would do well to look at how conlang communities are succeeding-- namely the languages become massively simplified, rely on technology and long distance communication to build up critical mass, have prestige factors [reasons to learn the language] that attract fans beyond "" etc.

* soweli suli pi ma lete pi telo suli ... which so far is both northern whale and sea bear. Oh well. sina jan pi ma Islan? nimi sina li nimi pi toki Islan.

[saebjorn]

[jan Josan]

[jan Ote]

[saebjorn]