5, 3 - symbolics

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--- In tokipona@y..., "yerricde" <oohay@p...> wrote:>> I vote for keeping Toki Pona at five vowels. Three vowels> would work in another conlang. You can try to fork TP if you> have an idea, but don't expect it to surpass TP in popularity:> look at Ido compared to Esperanto.>>The 5 vowels can symbolize the 5 elements in Taoism: earth, metal,fire, wood and water. There are the symbolic five mountains, fiveelements, five colours, five planets, five virtues, five emotions,five directions, etc. all of which have a mystic significance inTaoism.However, 3 vowels can symbolize the Divine Order of Heaven, Earth,and Humanity in Taoism.Heh he.http://www.geocities.com/vixcafe