tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jul 31 14:50:48 2007
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Re: Number of Klingon speakers?
At 09:34 AM 7/31/2007, you wrote:
>Does anyone know how many Klingon speakers there are in the world?
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>Let me split this into two questions:
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>1. How many are capable of holding a normal (full speed) conversation
>in Klingon?
You'd have to define "full speed." We don't even know how fast
Klingons talk. We're all slower than we should be. There must be at
least thirty people who can stand up and tell a story in Klingon.
>and
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>2. How could read and reply to written letter in Klingon?
Hundreds, possibly thousands, if they're allowed to use their dictionary.
>Has anyone tried to make a serious attempt at estimating the numbers,
>at any time?
>
>/maHvatlh
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>P.S. If no other numbers could be found, how many members does the KLI
>have nowadays?
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