Klingon language
Fictional alien speech
The Klingon language is a constructed language created for the Star Trek franchise, designed to sound alien and harsh.
Linguist Marc Okrand developed it with unusual grammatical features and guttural sounds.
Unlike most fictional languages, Klingon has a devoted following of fluent speakers, a translation of Hamlet, and its own dictionary: He learned to speak Klingon fluently.
- EmpireSovereign's extensive domain
- warriorsPeople engaged in battle
- honorHigh regard, moral dignity
- Star TrekSpacefaring TV franchise
franchise · species · ridges · Kronos · Deep Space Nine · Next Generation · Discovery · Paramount
Science of language sounds
- grammarLanguage's structural rules
- syntaxRules for arranging words
- morphologyStudy of structural forms
- vocabularyOne's word collection
affixes · verbs · nouns · pronouns · suffixes · prefixes · agglutinative · phonetics
Accepted authoritative works
- officialAuthority-sanctioned person or status
- creatorOne who produces something
- dictionaryAlphabetical word reference
- addendumSupplementary text at end
Built or assembled
- artificialMade, not natural
- inventedCreated something new
- DothrakiInvented equestrian culture
- Na'viFictional blue-skinned species
Elvish · Esperanto · Tolkien · neologism · worldbuilding
Smooth linguistic command
- speakersAudio output devices
- conventionsAccepted social practices
- translationConverting between languages
- HamletDanish prince's revenge tragedy
Bible · Shakespeare · opera · enthusiasts · community · immersion · certification · learners
Worf
Star Trek · franchise · species · ridges · Kronos · Deep Space Nine · Next Generation · Discovery · Paramount
phonology
Science of language sounds
- grammarLanguage's structural rules
- syntaxRules for arranging words
- morphologyStudy of structural forms
vocabulary · affixes · verbs · nouns · pronouns · suffixes · prefixes · agglutinative · phonetics · guttural
canon
Accepted authoritative works
- officialAuthority-sanctioned person or status
- creatorOne who produces something
- dictionaryAlphabetical word reference
constructed
Built or assembled
- artificialMade, not natural
- inventedCreated something new
- DothrakiInvented equestrian culture
Na'vi · Elvish · Esperanto · Tolkien · neologism · worldbuilding
fluency
Smooth linguistic command
- speakersAudio output devices
- conventionsAccepted social practices
- translationConverting between languages
Hamlet · Bible · Shakespeare · opera · enthusiasts · community · immersion · certification · learners · courses
Klingon languagenatural language
Human communication, not programming
English · Mandarin Chinese · Spanish · Arabic · Swahili
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