tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Sep 24 08:30:24 2000
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Re: Navajo code-talkers
- From: [email protected]
- Subject: Re: Navajo code-talkers
- Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 11:30:10 EDT
In a message dated 9/24/2000 9:34:08 AM Central Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:
<< I seem to recall that Okrand studied Native American languages. Does
> anyone have any info on whether he specifically based parts of Klingon
> on Navajo, and which parts? >>
I, too, do not have proof upon which languages Marc Okrand based Klingon. I
have heard that it deliberately is supposed to be unlike any known language
here on Earth. Of course, we are influenced by what we know. I have also
heard that he likes Salish (Kootenai) a lot. I personally have discovered
some direct take-overs from Mayan, Quechua and Aztec. Some of the structure
seems to be a lot like that of Navajo.
Again, I have no proof. I like to think that he did a good job of mixing up
things so that Klingon does not closely resemble anything we already have.
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