Re: Lilipu: The Bonsai Language

On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 09:49:24 EST, J Y S Czhang <czhang23@...> wrote:

>In a message dated 2003:12:29 11:41:31 PM, vmed@HOTMAIL.COM writes:
>
>>http://purl.oclc.org/NET/lilipu
>>
>>Like the miniature Japanese bonsai tree, Lilipu exemplifies "Small is
>>beautiful." It is designed as a language in which to create haiku.
>>
>>--Viktor
>
>Love it. Quite like Toki Pona: Taoist-like conlang... "Less is more."
>
Yeah.  In fact, Toki Pona was one of the inspirations for making Lilipu.
Toki Pona's creator, Sonja Elen Kisa, was kind enough to write a poem in
Lilipu, which can be seen in the "Poems" section.  I suggested to Sonja
to "evolve" Toki Pona into a 3-vowel language from a 5-vowel language in
keeping with minimalism, but the Toki Pona project was already maturing.  I
was motivated to create a trivocalic, "tropicalistic" language just for
fun...

--Viktor