On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 11:04:06AM -0800, captain kalaa wrote: > So, in tlhIngan phonetics, how would you spell k'alaa? > :) Depends on how you pronounce it. :) I would interpret it as Qala - with the ' after the k indicating the extra forcefulness of Q as opposed to q, and the doubled a indicating length, in this case meaning that the syllable does not end with a glottal stop. -marqoS