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Re: Dreaming in Klingon



ghItlh Edy:
>    There are other point here. Unfortunatly I don't know the
>apropriate word in english, but what about the people that cannot speak
>as blink = people that cannot see.  Will you use {-wIj} or {-wI'}.

Mute people cannot speak technically, but they are "capable of using
language", in the sense of understanding and communicating. For instance,
mute can write and read the language, so they are definitely "capable of
using language".
I would only use {-wI'}. (and of course -lI' and -ma' and so on)


maj je'.
  muHwI'



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