Editing Klingon language (section)

{{Short description|Language constructed for Star Trek}}
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{{Infobox language
| name             = Klingon
| nativename       = [[File:tlhIngan Hol.png|120px|alt=tlhIngan Hol|link=]]<br />{{transliteration|tlh|{{mono |tlhIngan Hol}}}}
| pronunciation    = {{IPA|tlh|ˈt͡ɬɪ.ŋɑn xol|}}
| speakers         = None as a first language; around a dozen fluent speakers
| date             = 1996
| ref              = <ref>According to [[Lawrence M. Schoen|Lawrence Schoen]], director of the [[Klingon Language Institute|KLI]]. [https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/4.08/es.languages.html?pg=4&topic= Wired 4.08: Dejpu'bogh Hov rur qablli!*] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512121409/http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/4.08/es.languages.html?pg=4&topic= |date=2013-05-12 }}</ref>
| familycolor      = fictional
| fam1             = [[Constructed languages]]
| fam2             = [[Artistic language]]s
| fam3             = [[Fictional language]]s
| creator          = [[Marc Okrand]], [[James Doohan]], [[Jon Povill]]
| setting          = ''[[Star Trek]]'' films and television series (''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation|TNG]]'', ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|DS9]]'', ''[[Star Trek: Voyager|Voyager]]'', ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise|Enterprise]]'', and ''[[Star Trek: Discovery|Discovery]]''), the opera ''{{mono |[[ʼuʼ]]}}'', the play ''[[A Klingon Christmas Carol]]'', and ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]''
| posteriori       = [[Constructed language]]s<br>[[A priori (languages)|A priori languages]]
| script           = [[Latin script]] ([[#Phonology|Klingon alphabet]])<br/>
[[Klingon alphabets|Klingon script]]
| agency           = [[Marc Okrand]]
| iso2             = tlh
| iso3             = tlh
| notice           = IPA
| glotto           = klin1234
| glottorefname    = Klingon
| image            = 
}}
{{Contains special characters
| special    = private [[Unicode]] characters
| fix        = Help:Multilingual support
| error      = [[Specials (Unicode block)#Replacement character|question marks, boxes, or other symbols]]
| characters = the intended characters.  The following fonts may support these characters: pIqaD, Constructium, Unifont CSUR, Klingon pIqaD HaSta, Code2000, and Horta
| image      = 
| link       = Specials (Unicode block)#Replacement character
| alt        = 
| compact    = 
}}

The '''Klingon language''' ({{langx|tlh|tlhIngan Hol|links=no}}, ''[[Klingon scripts|{{mono|pIqaD}}]]'': <sub><span style="font-size:150%;font-family:pIqaD, Constructium, Unifont CSUR, Klingon pIqaD HaSta, Code2000, Horta;">{{lang|tlh|{{PUA|&#xF8E4;&#xF8D7;&#xF8DC;&#xF8D0;&#xF8DB; &#xF8D6;&#xF8DD;&#xF8D9;}}}}</span></sub>, {{IPA|tlh|ˈt͡ɬɪ.ŋɑn xol|pron}}) is the [[constructed language]] spoken by a fictional alien race called the [[Klingon]]s in the ''[[Star Trek]]'' universe.

Described in the 1985 book ''[[The Klingon Dictionary]]'' by [[Marc Okrand]] and deliberately designed to sound "alien", it has a number of [[Linguistic typology|typologically]] uncommon features. The language's basic sound, along with a few words, was devised by actor [[James Doohan]] ("[[Montgomery Scott|Scotty]]") and producer [[Jon Povill]] for ''[[Star Trek: The Motion Picture]]''. The film marked the first time the language had been heard. In all previous appearances, Klingons spoke in English, even to each other. Klingon was subsequently developed by Okrand into a full-fledged language.

Klingon is sometimes referred to as '''''Klingonese''''' (most notably in the ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'' episode "[[The Trouble with Tribbles]]", where it was actually pronounced by a Klingon character as "Klingonee" {{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|l|ɪ|ŋ|ɡ|ɒ|n|i}}), but among the Klingon-speaking community, this is often understood<ref>{{Cite web |title=Klingonaase |url=https://docs.verbix.com/Conlangs/klingonaase |access-date=2024-10-11 |website=docs.verbix.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The KLINGONAASE Guide |url=http://www.khemorex-klinzhai.de/Hol/klingonaase.html |access-date=2024-10-11 |website=www.khemorex-klinzhai.de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Klingonaase |url=https://afrodita.rcub.bg.ac.rs/~alexp/books/klingon.html |access-date=2024-10-11 |website=afrodita.rcub.bg.ac.rs}}</ref> to refer to another Klingon language called '''Klingonaase''' that was introduced in [[John M. Ford]]'s 1984 ''Star Trek'' novel ''[[The Final Reflection]],'' and appears in other ''Star Trek'' novels by Ford.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_mwMF_PhtgAC&q=%22fed-standard+klingonaase+is+pronounced%22&pg=PA138 |title=The Final Reflection |first=John M. |last=Ford |publisher=Simon and Schuster |year=1999 |isbn=9780671038533 |pages=138–139 |access-date=November 23, 2018}}</ref>

The play ''[[A Klingon Christmas Carol]]'' is the first production that is primarily in Klingon (only the narrator speaks English). The opera {{transliteration|tlh|{{mono |[[ʼuʼ]]}}}} is entirely in Klingon.

A small number of people are capable of conversing in Klingon. Because its vocabulary is heavily centered on ''Star Trek''-Klingon concepts such as [[Klingon starships|spacecraft]] or [[List of weapons in Star Trek|warfare]], it can be hard for everyday use because of the lack of words for a casual conversation.