The language is simple (a few words, even fewer grammar rules) but obviously communicating with it is _very_ complex. The problem with Toki Pona is it doesn't

The language is simple (a few words, even fewer grammar rules) but obviously communicating with it is _very_ complex. The problem with Toki Pona is it doesn't serve a purpose and journalists often can't convey exactly what it is because... it's nothing. If you try to explain Toki Pona in the context of natural languages, which are meant to communicate somewhat-precisely, of course it seems complex (because concepts are complex, no matter how much you try to simplify the language). I try to explain it here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11157977 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11157977