[jerryszczerry]

I think 1000 is a more realistic estimate of how much words you need in a language, than 100.

Toki pona is nice in concept, but too restrictive in practice.

[johan_larson]

Voice of America, the international radio service, uses a restricted subset of English with about 1500 words and manages to sound natural rather than baby-talky.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_English