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Re: mu'tlhegh ngajqu'

MorphemeAddict ([email protected])

• From: [email protected]
• Subject: Re: mu'tlhegh ngajqu'
• Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 21:31:43 EST

In a message dated 1/12/2007 12:28:11 PM Central Standard Time, 
[email protected] writes:

> > They're different in English, of course, but any differences in Klingon 
> are
> > simply allophones of the same sound, conditioned by the surrounding 
> consonants.
> 
> But if your point was to use phonemes, that's much different.  Instead of 
> having to use just the letter 'a' once, if you wanted a sentence using all 
> the *phonemes* from Klingon, you'd need to use CaC, Caw(') and Cay(') 
> (where C is any consonant) in order to get all the allophones of 'a'. 
> Just pointing out the difference between a letter and a sound.  :)
> 

DaH jIyaj.

lay'tel SIvten

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