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In the episode "A Matter of Honor", several members of a Klingon ship's crew speak a language that is not translated for the benefit of the viewer (even Commander Riker, enjoying the benefits of a universal translator, is unable to understand) until one Klingon orders the others to "speak their [i.e., human] language". [10]
The KLI was founded in 1992 in Flourtown, Pennsylvania by psychology researcher and linguistics writer Lawrence M. Schoen, with the intention of launching and operating a more in-depth organization from which he and others could work in "an ongoing career of lectures at conventions and museums across three continents, and [aid in] the development of a loose affiliation of language scholars and ...
The main reference book to Klingon culture as depicted in the Klingon language is Klingon for the Galactic Traveler by Marc Okrand (Pocket Books, New York, 1997). A collection of Klingon proverbs and sayings reflecting and describing Klingon culture is contained in The Klingon Way: A Warrior's Guide, by Marc Okrand (Pocket Books, New York, 1996).
The Klingons (/ ˈ k l ɪ ŋ (ɡ) ɒ n / KLING-(g)on; [2] Klingon: tlhIngan [ˈt͡ɬɪŋɑn]) are a humanoid species of aliens in the science fiction franchise Star Trek.. Developed by screenwriter Gene L. Coon in 1967 for the original Star Trek series, Klingons were humanoids characterized by prideful ruthlessness and brutality.
The English philologist and author J. R. R. Tolkien created several constructed languages, mostly related to his fictional world of Middle-earth.Inventing languages, something that he called glossopoeia (paralleling his idea of mythopoeia or myth-making), was a lifelong occupation for Tolkien, starting in his teens.
The word qepHom ([qʰɛpʰ.ˈxom], Klingon for small gathering) is generally used for any kind of gathering where people may talk about or in Klingon, a fictional language created for Star Trek. [1] In Germany, the word has become commonly used for a specific annual meeting in Saarbrücken , because it is the largest meeting of its kind.
Klingon: Star Trek: 1979–present Marc Okrand: Language of the Klingon alien species. Atlantean: Atlantis: The Lost Empire: 2001 Marc Okrand: Language of the citizens of the mythical city of Atlantis. Ku: The Interpreter: 2005 Said el-Gheithy Fictional African language. Naʼvi: Avatar: 2009 Paul Frommer: Spoken by the Naʼvi. Barsoomian: John ...
Klingon comparatives mainly rely on adjectives like lawʼ (to be many), puS (to be few), rap (to be the same), and rur (to resemble, to be like) to contrast the nouns. However, many (but not all) of the comparatives have unusual word orders that don't parse as regular Klingon sentences. The main Klingon comparative structure is NP 1 A lawʼ NP ...