tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed May 28 22:07:31 1997

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Re: Spanish/Greek influence



From: "Diego 'Mago' De Miguel" <[email protected]>

-Well, all vowels in Klingon are pronounced exactly as Spanish vowels, that
is, one single non-compound sound for each letter. By the way, in Spanish
we don't have long or short vowels, but we can extend a vowel to add
emphasis to a certain word in the sentence.

(I just though I'd give my thoughts on something I do know :) )

Qapla'
-Mago

Not entirely - The Klingon I is pronounced like "i in misfit" (TKD, p. 16), 
whereas the  Spanish i is pronounced like Enghlish ee (el dia bonito = ell 
dee-ah boh-nee-toh)  - the fact that it is the only capitalized Klingon vowel 
serves to remind us of the difference.


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