tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Aug 01 11:39:34 1996
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Re: how to say "any"
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>Date: Wed, 31 Jul 1996 12:14:52 -0700
>From: [email protected] (JEFF ZEITLIN)
>T::>Holmey law' jatlh DIvI', 'ach wa' "standard" neH jatlh Hoch. wa' Hol
> ::>'oHchugh DIvI' Hol'e', vaj latlh Holmey DaqelDI' nuq Dajatlh?
> ::>The Federation speaks many languages, but only one "standard". If "DIvI'
> ::>Hol" refers to just one language, how do you refer to the others? (I
> ::>suppose you can use {tera' Hol} or something, but then what about the
> ::>Vulcans?)
> {vulqangan} is "Vulcan" (the person/nationality)
> = "Vulcan (planet) + inhabitant"
Agreed, though notice the slightly unusual assimilation (for Klingon) of
vulqan+ngan -> vulqangan instead of *vulqanngan. Just an interesting
point.
> The (possibly mythical) Vulcan language is the language
> of the inhabitants of Vulcan.
Yes.
> {vulqangan Hol} is the language of Vulcans (the
> inhabitants of Vulcan).
> {romuluSngan Hol} is the language of Romulans (the
> inhabitants of Romulus).
> {tera'ngan Hol} is the language of Humans (the
> inhabitants of Terra).
I would agree to all these.
> This, of course, assumes that there is only one language (or
> one official language) on a planet.
Another classic Star Trek oversimplification
> It also implies that Klingons originally were inhabitants of
> *{tlhI} or *{tlhIn}. Wherezzat?
I've head "Klin" used as some feature that makes Klingons Klingon in John
Ford's Klingonaase or something, but to our knowledge the term doesn't
exist in tlhIngan-Hol. The resemblence of tlhIngan to *tlhI[n]+ngan may be
coincidental or a relic of a very old construction, etc. There's no
certain conclusion you can draw.
~mark
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