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I am building a civilizationAnd thinking of their language structure.Tokipona seemed ideal at first.But tall person and important person is one and the same thingSo what if there is a TALL PERSON and there is a much respectedimportant person in this community?How would we differentiate?Would tokipona end up creating compound - that would increasecomplexityVery curious hereHenry
Sonja Elen Kisa

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Post by Sonja Elen Kisa »

Well, Toki Pona is a context-driven language. It enables us to focus onthe now and connect speaker with listeners in a more intimate manner.So depending on the specific context of the utterance, you could useanything except "suli" to distinguish them, such as perhaps their names:jan So Joejan Enli HenriSonja-----Original Message-----From: hg2715 [mailto:hg2715@yahoo.com]Sent: March 26, 2002 8:20 PMTo: tokipona@yahoogroups.comSubject: [tokipona] Differences ...I am building a civilizationAnd thinking of their language structure.Tokipona seemed ideal at first.But tall person and important person is one and the same thingSo what if there is a TALL PERSON and there is a much respectedimportant person in this community?How would we differentiate?Would tokipona end up creating compound - that would increasecomplexityVery curious hereHenryTo unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:tokipona-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.comYour use of Yahoo! Groups is subject tohttp://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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