Klingon language

The Klingon language or Klingonese (tlhIngan Hol in Klingon) is a constructed language created by Marc Okrand for Paramount Pictures and spoken by Klingons in the fictional Star Trek universe. He designed the language with Object Verb Subject (OVS) word order to give an alien feel to the language. Klingon is similar to Native American languages in several aspects. The basic sound (and a very few words) were first devised by James Doohan for '.

Related Topics:
Constructed language - Marc Okrand - Paramount Pictures - Klingon - Star Trek - Object Verb Subject - Native American languages - James Doohan

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Klingon is sometimes referred to as Klingonese, but among the Klingon-speaking community this is often understood to refer to another Klingon language that is described in John M. Ford's Star Trek novels as Klingonaase.

Related Topics:
John M. Ford - Klingonaase

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The Klingon language has the ISO 639 code tlh.

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