RE: help me explain

[malqa <mbf1@freenet.tlh.fl.us>]

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> ' is a consonant.  It is a letter of the alphabet just like all the other
> letters.  Our observation of klingon tells us that we can't group consonants
> together like that in the same syllable.
> (c = consonant, v = vowel)
> A klingon syllable is:  [ cvc ], or [ cv ], and a few special
> exceptions of [ cvcc ].

That's the rule I"m looking for. 
Therefore K (which really should be q )'  is not allowable in tlhIngan Hol
but q and any vowel is allowable. That's why B'Elanna is really be'elanna
and B'Etor is really be'etor and not the way they write it otherwise.
> 
> Likewise, you can't have two vowels together in the same syllable.
> 
> DloraH
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