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Who invented Klingon?
Marc Okrand
It was developed by Marc Okrand, a linguist hired to invent more Klingon words for “Star Trek 3,” which featured the aliens prominently. “The producers wanted it to sound like a real language, and I thought that to make it sound like a real language, it had to be one,” he said in a phone interview.
Who created the Vulcan language?
Linguist Marc Okrand invented the Klingon and Vulcan languages as heard in the Star Trek films and TV series, beginning with a Vulcan-dialogue scene in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan in 1982. He published the first edition of The Klingon Dictionary in 1985.
Who wrote the language for Atlantis?
Marc Okrand is probably one of the few people who knows Atlantean. That’s because he invented the language. The 52-year-old was asked by Disney to create the words spoken by the underwater residents in the new movie Atlantis: The Lost Empire.
What does the Klingon word Patak mean?
From the Klingon language wiki “P’takh (petaQ) is a Klingon insult, meaning something like “weirdo,” deriving from the verb “to be weird” (taQ), with and [sic] you (plural) imperative prefix (pe-). Alternative romanizations include pahtak, p’tak, patahk, and pahtk.”
Does Google Translate have Klingon?
Google is a well-known internet search engine that is availiable in Klingon (1). What not everyone realizes is that it takes Klingon-speaking volunteers to translate and type the Klingon.
How do you say hello in Vulcan?
In Star Trek: First Contact, the Vulcans that arrive in Bozeman, Montana greet their human hosts by holding up the Vulcan salute — holding one’s hand up with the middle and ring fingers separated.
How do you pronounce T Hy LA?
As far as I know most of the English tend to pronounce it Tee-high-la. But there is a wonderful song by Julia Ecklar and she pronounces it Tee-hee- la. This is corresponding more with the classical Latin pronunciation of the letters, as we have it with rather all the Vulcan words as heard in Star Trek.
What language did Atlanteans speak?
The Atlantean language is a constructed language created by Marc Okrand, especially for the Disney film Atlantis: The Lost Empire….Atlantean language.
| Atlantean | |
|---|---|
| Purpose | constructed languages artistic languages fictional languages Atlantean |
| Writing system | Atlantean Script |
Is Klingon English backwards?
Grammar. The Klingon language feels like talking backwards. Marc Okrand wanted the language to be as complicated as possible. He did this to make it sound very extraterrestrial.
How do you say shut up in Klingon?
bIjatlh ‘e’ yImev – “Shut up” Sometimes you just want to end the conversation or argument.