tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Aug 12 22:01:34 1999
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Re: Vowels
In a message dated 8/12/99 12:38:19 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected]
writes:
<< >The problem with a Klingon syllabary is that there are too many
>potential syllables. Unlike Cherokee with its 88 syllables,
>there are over a thousand Klingon syllables:
>
>Each of 21 consonants followed by each of five vowels in all
>combinations, plus each of 21 consonants followed by each of
>five vowels followed by each of 21 consonants in all possible
>combinations, plus each of 21 consonants followed by each of
>five vowels followed by {rgh}, plus each of 21 consonants
>followed by each of three vowels followed by {w'}, plus each of
>21 consonants followed by each of five vowels followed by {y'}.
>
>If what you are describing is a syllabary, that is a LOT of
>characters.
> >>
If my calculations are correct, there are 2478 possible syllables to a
Klingon logographic system.
On a side, couldn't it be possible that some Klingons use a logographic
system, while others use a phonetic system, similar to the pIqaD demo at the
KLI website? \
T'Lod