tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Aug 21 23:12:12 1996

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Re: Klingon dialects



At 01:55 96-08-21 -0700, you wrote:
}  The non-Okrand (non-Maltz) Starfleet transcriptions for Klingon names make
}me wonder just how some Klingons actually pronounced their language.

<CK> yIqel.  rojmab qI'DI' yuQjIjDIvI' tlhIngan wo' je, tlhIngan wo'
luSuchqangbe' tera'ngan law'.  wej tlhIngan voqqang.  vaj pIqaD mugh 'Iv?
ghaytan tlhIngan Hol ghItlhmeH nov pat laj yuQjIjQa'. chaq lumugh
romuluSnganpu'.  DIS law' yeq romuluSnganpu' tlhInganpu' je tlhIngan Hol
HaDpa' Humanpu'. <'> law' lo'bej romuluS HolHey. Daqtagh Da'angchugh
romuluSngan 'ej pongmeH <d'k'tahg> ghItlhchugh, DaHar, qar'a'?  tlhIngan Hol
HaDlaHbejpa' tera' Hol tejpu', mu'mey'e' mughbogh romuluSnganpu' lajlu'pu'
tera'nganpu' 'e' vIchup.

SKI (Summary for the Klingon-Impaired): Qov suggests that initial Terran
avoidance of Klingons allowed Romulan transliterations of Klingon words to
come into use. 
---
Robyn Stewart
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