Re: new Klingon spelling

On Fri, 2 Jan 2004, Robert Jung wrote:

> I hope this will make Klingon less ugly!
>
> Every letter except these are the same:
>
> [From "The Sounds of Klingon" http://www.kli.org/tlh/sounds.html ]
>
> dh=D:
> x=H
> I=i *
> qh=Q
> sh=S
> tlh=tl
> '/?/`/7='
>
> * Then what does <i> represent?
My understanding is that, because Klingon was designed to be read by
non-linguistically inclined people (actors), Okrand used capital letters
to lemind people of the special pronunciation, even if the lowercase
letter was unused.

--
Tristan

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