Re: Most developed conlang

In a message dated 4/17/2007 8:52:50 PM Central Daylight Time,
markjreed@MAIL.COM writes:


> > I've heard rumors that Trekkies converse in it.
>
> Not so much Trekkies, but Klingonists.  Most Klingonists are Trekkies,
> but the overlap is a very very small subset of Trekkiedom.
>
> Klingon conversation is not just a rumor, as I have observed the
> phenomenon, but it's rather rare, as very few people are sufficiently
> proficient in tlhIngan Hol to carry on a conversation.  Captain
> Krankor is probably the most fluent speaker... (Okrand doesn't
> actually speak the language he created, which will of course not seem
> as oxymoronic in this crowd as it does to the general public...)
>
> --
> Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
>
Every year at the Klingon qep'a' as many as a couple dozen people gather to
speak Klingon with each other.  They tell stories, play games, sing songs, and
have conversations, all in Klingon.

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