[86198] in tlhIngan-Hol
RE: Klingon orthography (was: Okrand at qep'a')
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Boozer)
Tue Jul 7 10:19:24 2009
From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "'tlhingan-hol@kli.org'" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 09:18:11 -0500
In-Reply-To: <bd0.56e72d92.377ed0bc@wmconnect.com>
Errors-to: tlhingan-hol-bounce@kli.org
Reply-to: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
Doq:
>> 3. The Skybox cards were an apparent exception to item 2. The pIqaD
>> parts actually do spell what the romanized characters spell for the
>> Klingon parts, according to the same character mapping that we use in
>> our fan-based alphabet.
lay'tel SIvten:
>I don't know what fan-based alphabet you're talking about, but only some
>of the Skybox cards have pIqaD that maps to the romanized characters, and
>they have only 10 characters to do it with.
FYI: The version of pIqaD used on the SkyBox cards is discussed at http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Klingon_writing_systems
--
Voragh
Canon Master of the Klingons
