tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Nov 07 15:29:39 1995
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Re: Languages
On Tue, 7 Nov 1995, Adam Walker wrote:
> I wonder,
> does anyone know anything about Klingon Sign Language?
I wonder what would happen to a Deaf Klingon Warrior? I imagine the
Klingons would view our attitude towards Deaf people, which I'm assuming
by the 24th century would be a rather enlightened and commonly-held view
that Deaf people are members of a cultural and linguistic minority, rather
one of weakness.
It is a little known fact that a most inspired Klingon educator,
/ghal'aDet/, had founded a school for Deaf Klingons near the Capitol City
on Kronos. He was put to death by the High Council for attempting to
weaken the blood of the Klingon people.
I am always baffled when someone asks this question, and I remember
seeing it several times now over the years. We're lucky to have a
*spoken* language, that Paramount only occasionally acknowledges.
--Holtej
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