ysadamsson | 2016
Toki Pona is really complex mainly because (a) it's documentation is pretty shoddy, and (b) it's fallen into the Ogden's Simple English trap; There are fewer root words, yes, but the emergent lexicon is huge -- probably larger than the root vocabulary.
https://www.reddit.com/r/conlangs/comments/3emhpv/teluk_lit_a_new_simple_language_inspired_by_toki/