Re: Star Trek conlangs besides Klingon and Romulan

On Sun, 20 Dec 1998, Arek Bellagio wrote:

> And actually, as I glance over my Star Trek Encyclopedia, I read the entry
> under Betazoids, which contains a sentence saying that Betazoids do not
> obtain their telepathic abilities until they enter adolensence, suggesting
> that they would _need_ a verbal language in order for children to
> communicate. So.. perhaps this ends the unsureness?
>
In the STTNG episode Tin Man it's made clear that Tam Elbrun is a rare
case of a Betazoid born with fully developed telepathy.  Even Deanna found
his behaviour uncomfortable as he violated social codes that his society
took for granted.

Would a Betazoid language have a single word for the iris of an eye?

- andrew.

Andrew Smith, Intheologus                       hobbit@earthlight.co.nz
Q. Why are there so many Smiths in the Phone Book?
A. Because they all have telephones!

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