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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] 'ar again

De'vID ([email protected])



>> {Hol[vam] 'ar Dajatlh?}

> Why does adding {-maj} or {-vam} to {Hol} make it clear that {Hol} refers to
> only one language? These suffixes do not refer to number at all.

Because when I ask of someone, in Klingon, {Holvam 'ar Dajatlh?} or
{Holmaj 'ar Dajatlh?}, with no prior context establishing "these
languages" or "our languages", I am obviously referring to the Klingon
language.

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De'vID

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