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RE: Morskan



ja' chargwI': 

> > KGT mentions other regions.  For most MO gives a klingon spelling, but
not
> > for Morskan.  How is [Morskan] expressed in ta' Hol?
> > 
> > 
> > DloraH
>  
> Well, the real answer is, "We don't know." Likely, the name 
> "Morscan" is one which existed on the planet before the Klingons 
> conquered it and the natives may say it in a way that cannot be 
> pronounced in Klingon. Human note takers may have gotten the 
> name "Morscan" from this original pronunciation which is still 
> likely used for native Morscans.

> Meanwhile, it is likely that Klingons from other regions 
> pronounce it something like {morQan} or {moSqan} or {morSeqan} 
> or even {morSe'qan}, since these don't violate any {ta' Hol} 
> consonant clusters, yet each comes close to the sound of 
> "Morscan". The cluster "rsc" is not reproduceable in Klingon.

chaq {morISqa'}?

-tuv'el



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