Kokanu

Kokanu is a minimalist international auxiliary language, formerly known as Toki Ma. Its first public draft was published in June 2020.

The name Kokanu is derived from the Kokanu phrase te ko ta ka n u sen ("to speak with eachother").

Discussions about Kokanu are ongoing on Discord. As of September 2023, the Discord server has more than 320 people, and the r/tokima subreddit (soon to be replaced by r/kokanu) consists of more than 600 people.

Origins
Kokanu is a tokiponido (a conlang based on the Toki Pona language created by Sonja Lang) and it was first named Toki Ma. It started out as a version of Toki Pona with expanded vocabulary and grammar. At the time, the name Toki Ma meant "world language" in both Toki Pona and Toki Ma itself.

Toki Ma did not aim to improve on Toki Pona and make it "better", but to adapt and repurpose it for a different goal. It aimed to be an international auxiliary language instead of a philosophical language, but to retain the minimalist and easy-to-learn qualities of Toki Pona.

In subsequent years, Toki Ma diverged more and more from Toki Pona. The grammar was changed a lot based on community discussions. Eventually, it was also decided to replace all Toki Pona loan words with new words and to rename the language. This was done to allow Kokanu to have its own identity, and to make it easier for Kokanu and Toki Pona to coexist without constant comparison and competition.

Important events
On June 18th, 2020 the first draft of the language was presented on Reddit : https://www.reddit.com/r/conlangs/comments/hbe89g/toki_ma_the_language_of_the_world/

The original site for 'toki ma' was https://sites.google.com/view/toki-ma. In mid-December 2020, the website migrated to toki-ma.com (infunctional or harmful link)

On the December 17th, 2020 a Wiki page was made in toki ma.

On June 11th, 2021 a complete proposed handbook was presented on Reddit based on community proposals and discussions on Reddit and Discord.

In early 2022 the core community on Discord decided to replace all Toki Pona words in Toki Ma.

In mid 2023 the name of the language was changed from Toki Ma to Kokanu.