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Re: [tlhIngan Hol] How do you explain {'InSong} ?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Roney, Jr.)
Sat Dec 10 10:55:02 2016
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From: "Michael Roney, Jr." <nahqun@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2016 10:54:58 -0500
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On Sat, Dec 10, 2016 at 10:39 AM, kechpaja <kechpaja@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Dec 10, 2016 at 10:19:50AM -0500, Michael Roney, Jr. wrote:
> > Speaking of syllables, there are 2,541 possible syllables in Klingon.
>
> How did you arrive at that number? I'm getting 2625 = 21 initials X 5
> vowels X (24 finals + null final).
>
Did you subtract the (ow, ow', uw, uw') endings?
> > 1,814 have been used
> > 3 of them will never be used.
>
> Two of these are reminiscent of a common expletive referring to
> excrement. What's the third, though?
>
Qov
http://www.klingonwiki.net/En/WordsWithoutMeaning
> > data obtained from yIH'a'na'
>
> Where/what is that? Google deletes the {qaghwI'mey}, so I'm having
> tribble finding it (/ducks).
>
> -SapIr
She's a who. (she's also a computational linguist)
We were privately discussing Klingon syllables and this seemed like a good
thread to share her findings.
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<div dir=3D"ltr">On Sat, Dec 10, 2016 at 10:39 AM, kechpaja <<a href=3D"=
mailto:kechpaja@comcast.net">kechpaja@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br>><br=
>> On Sat, Dec 10, 2016 at 10:19:50AM -0500, Michael Roney, Jr. wrote:<b=
r>> > Speaking of syllables, there are 2,541 possible syllables in Kl=
ingon.<br>><br>> How did you arrive at that number? I'm getting 2=
625 =3D 21 initials X 5<br>> vowels X (24 finals + null final).<br>><=
div><br></div><div>Did you subtract the=C2=A0<span style=3D"font-size:12.8p=
x">(ow, ow', uw, uw') endings?</span></div><div><br></div><div><div=
style=3D"font-size:12.8px"><br></div></div><div>> > 1,814 have been =
used<br>> > 3 of them will never be used.<br>><br>> Two of thes=
e are reminiscent of a common expletive referring to<br>> excrement. Wha=
t's the third, though?<br>></div><div><br></div><div>Qov</div><div><=
a href=3D"http://www.klingonwiki.net/En/WordsWithoutMeaning">http://www.kli=
ngonwiki.net/En/WordsWithoutMeaning</a><br></div><div><br>> > data ob=
tained from yIH'a'na'<br>><br>> Where/what is that? Googl=
e deletes the {qaghwI'mey}, so I'm having<br>> tribble finding i=
t (/ducks).<br>><br>> -SapIr<br><br></div><div>She's a who. (she&=
#39;s also a computational linguist)</div><div>We were privately discussing=
Klingon syllables and this seemed like a good thread to share her findings=
.</div></div>
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