tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Fri Jan 22 16:52:50 1999
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RE: RE: KLBC: capitals in the writing system
- From: "Andeen, Eric" <[email protected]>
- Subject: RE: RE: KLBC: capitals in the writing system
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 17:46:36 -0700
jatlh qaSa:
>>ja' charghwI':
>>>My understanding is that Okrand fudged IPA, mimicking parts of
>>>it and whole-cloth making up other parts.
>>
>>I don't have it documented anywhere, but I remember his saying that
>>he originally developed Klingon phonology using IPA. The spelling
>>system presented in TKD was developed so the actors in Star Trek III
>>could read it. :-) Its representability in ASCII text is a bonus.
>
>What *exactly* is IPA?
IPA is the International Phoentic Alphabet. Linguists use it to describe the
sounds of a language. That's about all I know; I suspect the linguists on
the list can give you a more detailed and accurate answer than I can.
pagh
Beginners' Grammarian