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Vulcan Language Guide
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Wed Apr 8 14:20:40 1992
Errors-To: tlhIngan-Hol-request@village.boston.ma.us
Reply-To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@village.boston.ma.us>
From: Allan C. Wechsler <ACW@YUKON.SCRC.Symbolics.COM>
To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@village.boston.ma.us>
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 13:15-0400
In-Reply-To: <9202192217.AA01770@darknova.acf-lab.alaska.edu>
Compared to TKD, this Vulcan booklet looks astoundingly primitive. The
writer is evidently (a) not a linguist, and (b) very much taken with
Japanese. Features borrowed from Japanese include:
* "Whispered" final -u
* Subject-Object-Verb word order
* Case marking with postposed particles
This one is particularly striking -- compare
Japanese ga/o with "Vulcan" ra/ro
* "Vulcan" ta = Japanese ka
* "Vulcan" -nai = Japanese -sen
* "Vulcan" ni- meaning "second" = Japanese ni- with the same meaning
* Compare "Vulcan" kana meaning "language" with J. kana meaning "letter"
All in all, it seems silly and uninspired. I hope the real ST
authorities can do better.
