tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri May 19 18:38:19 1995
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Re: Beginner Help: Tolkien
On Fri, 19 May 1995, Karl Dyson wrote:
> > Also, since {ngan} means "inhabitant",
> > {jelvngan} would seem to mean "an inhabitant of 'jelv'".
> Again, if someone would explain why tlhIngan is used to represent the
> klingon people who come from Qo'noS????
The ST Encyclopedia says that Kling is a city or district on the
Homeworld. One could speculate that tlhIngan was originally
*tlhIngngan (inhabitant of Kling).
STE also says they were originally going to call the Homeworld "Kling" but
they changed their minds because it sounded silly.
> Khalic
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