[85740] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: pIqaD origins
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (ghunchu'wI')
Mon Jun 15 18:36:46 2009
In-Reply-To: <20090615130025.14235g52vyry4e21@mail.msu.edu>
From: "ghunchu'wI'" <qunchuy@alcaco.net>
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:33:46 -0400
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
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Reply-to: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
On Jun 15, 2009, at 1:00 PM, roger158@msu.edu wrote:
> What's funny is that Klingon is such a well-done conlang, whereas
> its writing system is garbage.
tlhIngan Hol QIch 'oS ghItlhmeH patDaj. ghetwI'pu'vaD ghItlhlaHmeH
lut qonwI'pu', "IPA" lIS pat 'oghwI'. veQ 'oH 'e' vInoHQo'.
chaq pIqaD'e' perbogh tlhIngan Hol mu'ghom. qo'majDaq patvetlh
tu'lu'be'qu', vaj veQ 'oH 'e' vInoHlaHbe'.
ghItlhmeH paq vIlo'taHvIS rur pIqaDqoq'e' qelbogh ter'eS QIn. pIm
Deghmey 'ach nIb lo'chaj. chaq moH 'e' DaQublaH. chaq Qatlh 'e'
DaQublaH. 'ach veQ 'oH 'e' DanoHchugh, lo'laHbe' 'e' Damaq.
lo'laHbejmo', bImuj rIntaH.
Klingon's writing system is a phonetic representation of the sounds.
It's an adaptation of IPA that can be used in a typewritten script.
I wouldn't call that garbage -- it's a lot better than the English
writing system.
Unless of course you're referring to the fictional {pIqaD} that is
mentioned briefly in The Klingon Dictionary. However, it doesn't
really exist, so I wouldn't call it garbage either.
The pseudo-pIqaD that's the topic of this thread is merely a mapping
of the phonetic transcription to the symbols devised for Star Trek:
The Motion Picture. One might call it ugly, or difficult to produce
by hand, or use any of a number of subjective descriptions. But
"garbage" implies that it is unsuitable for use, which is
demonstrably not the case.
-- ghunchu'wI'
