Klingon Grammar Addenda

Key: Spoken by Okrand | Inferred from canon | Accepted usage


1. The Sounds of Klingon

1.1. Consonants

  1. Q is pronounced [q_X] (in X­SAMPA phonetic transcription), or basically like an aspirated q, that is, q followed closely by a raspy puff of air [KLI: M. Shoulson, 2/20/98, "Re: Introduction"]

  2. Doubled letters are pronounced either as a lengthening of the letter, or with a brief break between the two letters. Some speakers incorrectly pronounce the double letter as a single letter; this is especially true for '' (two glottal stops). [KGT p.138]

©1999 Terrence Donnelly