> [mailto:markjreed@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Mark J. Reed
> > [mailto:CONLANG@listserv.brown.edu] On Behalf Of Mark J. Reed
>
>
> > > On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:43:16 -0500, deinx nxtxr wrote:
> > > > Phonologically it only has one really odd phoneme.
> >
> > Huh? What is the one odd phoneme? How can an isolated
> > phoneme be odd?
>
> By "odd" I meant "uncommon". The phoneme in question
> is /t_l_h/. ISTR reading that Okrand specialized in the
> North American languages found in the West so it's not too
> surprising. I know Nahuatl/Aztec has /t_l/.
>
> The phoneme in question is /tK/, which Klingon spells {tlh}
> while Nahuatl spells {tl}. And a lovely phoneme it is. :)
Isn't the Klingon version supposed to be aspirated as opposed to the Aztec phoneme?
> At some point years ago I read through the Kligon
> grammar pretty thoroougly, and this was the only part of the
> language I really found difficult, but my interest didn't
> carry me into actually trying to learn the language. I tend
> to look at a lot of conlangs just to satisfy my curiosity
> about their structure.
>
> There are about 50 verb prefixes to learn; it's kinda
> daunting as a solo project, but comes quickly if you actually
> speak the language much at all.
Well, there's no time to invest in learning something like Klingon.