<div>I heard back from Matt Pearson. Tokana has undergone considerable change since the 2004/5 version and is now called Okuna. Here's what Matt told me--</div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex; ">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">At the moment I'm in the midst of a massive overhaul of the reference grammar. I'm trying to do two things at once, namely inputting all the changes to the language since the 2004/05 version (and there have been many), and converting the document to LaTeX. It's an enormous project, and (as with our illustrious patron saint of the Secret Vice) I have to steal time for it that should probably be spent on other pursuits, like summer research.<br>
<br>I've attached what I have so far, just to give you a sense of the scope of the project. As you can see, the document is pretty huge, but still massively incomplete, and everything after about page 92 is either out-of-date and inconsistent with the first half, or not fully (re)formatted. And I haven't even *begun* updating the dictionary.</span></blockquote>
<div><br></div><div>The in-progress pdf that Matt sent me includes just phonology, nouns, pronouns and quantifiers, so there is still a huge chunk of the grammar that has yet to be updated (and there appear to be a few gaps in the noun section at least). </div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">So... I'm not sure what to say in answer to your questions. In principle I'd *love* for other people to try their hand at learning Okuna. But while I intend to keep working on the grammar throughout the summer, it's highly unlikely that it will be finished by September. And the dictionary, at least, will no doubt have to wait until next summer. I suppose if you wanted I could send you an incomplete-but-at-least-updated-and-internally-consistent version, once I get to that stage, and you could see how far your learning group can get with it (with me providing feedback and answering questions). Then again, if there are other conlangs you're considering which are more completely documented--even if less detailed--you might want to go with one of those. Anyhow, let me know what you think.</span></blockquote>
<div><br></div><div>Any opinions? If there were specific vocabulary items that we needed we possibly could ask Matt for them. On the other hand, the 2004 pdf version of the grammar that I have is certainly detailed enough to cover everything, but even though there are a lot of vocabulary items in it, it is not exhaustive and a reverse (English>Tokana) vocabulary would have to be constructed. The other issue is would it make sense to try to learn an older version of a conlang (minus a complete dictionary) when the creator is actively revising it. Personally, I plan to learn Okuna once Matt has finished updating it, but it might not be entirely practical until after he has completed the dictionary.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Paul</div>