Community
Kisa is reported to have said that at least 100 people speak Toki Pona fluently and estimates that a few hundred have a basic knowledge of the language. Traffic on the Toki Pona mailing list and other online communities suggests that several hundred people have dabbled in it. During International Congress of Esperanto Youth held in Sarajevo, August 2006, there was a special session of Toki Pona speakers with 12 participants.
John Clifford, PhD gave the following presentation on Toki Pona at the Second Language Creation Conference in 2007 at Berkeley University: "The Problems with Success: What Happens When an Opinionated Conlang Meets Its Speakers".
Toki lili is a microblogging site similar to twitter specifically aimed at Toki Pona speakers.
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