Cool. There&#x27;s a similar project put forth by linguists in the early 70s called Natural Semantic Metalanguage, with about 70 &quot;primes&quot; that all other words can be factored out as, like you would have to do if you wrote a dictionary without circular definitions.<p>Unlike Toki Pona or the other languages mentioned in the article, Natural Semantic Metalanguage is mostly used for thought experiments and to analyze existing languages for ambiguities and double meanings.*<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Natural_semantic_metalanguage" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Natural_semantic_metalanguag...</a><p>*&quot;Double meanings&quot; may not be the right word, but is there a word to describe what happens when a system is non-orthagonal and the same piece winds up with multiple responsibilities?