Alternate Klingon Language

Plan:
 * Take the names of Klingons from this page.
 * Isolate a few phonemes.
 * Clean up the orthography.
 * Make some words.
 * Create a grammar including at least a few "battle for / from battle / causing battle" affixes.
 * Make some words.

Notes to self:
 * Try to keep as many vowels as possible.
 * Don't just make some weird nonconcatenative thing just because you can.
 * If you want, make a graveyard of rare graphemes/phonemes and explain why you cut them.
 * Remember: this is inherently arbitrary. Sometimes something just looks bad to you!

The canonical  has a bad. What if it had a slightly different ?

Just to be clear, I am aware that Klingon culture and language is monolithic in Star Trek lore, and for that to be otherwise would be unusual. I'm not sure how this language would fit into that. This is not necessarily an improvement, and it is not official.

You can leave any criticism in the talk page.

I plan on having at least a few derivational affixes which can be attached to words to reframe them in the scope of a battle.

Phonology
Note: The old phonology chart is in the talk page.

The Darn Apostrophe
I have decided to analyze the apostrophe as marking "unusual syllabification" in the original.


 * 1) An apostrophe between consonants indicates an unusual onset cluster.
 * 2) An apostrophe between a consonant first and vowel second indicates the vowel doesn't make up the coda of the consonant's syllable, forming its own syllable instead. When the consonant before this doesn't have any nearby vowels, the syllabic nature of the consonant is represented by the dummy vowel /ə/.
 * 3) An apostrophe between a vowel first and consonant second indicates the consonant doesn't appear in the coda, but in the onset of the next syllable. I decided to unilaterally represent this with /ʔ/.
 * 4) An apostrophe between vowels indicate they form separate syllables.

However, this is a biased analysis, because theoretically, rules 1 and 2 could be combined, resulting in fewer rules, but also fewer interesting consonant clusters and more ambiguity with regards to what is and is not a series of consonants (ch? gh? ng?).

List of Klingon Names
These are names which I find particularly useful because they obviously aren't in. Some of them are built for the Hol (like T'kuvma as  if I recall correctly), but the way they are written indicates they are actually different. These can help make sure the language has a distinctive look and feel from the Hol.

The left is the original orthography unchanged. Then comes a phonetic equivalent. As the language I'm creating crystallizes, I will change the phonetic equivalents and put phonological equivalents after them.


 * Amar /amar/
 * Antaak /anta2k/
 * A'trom /a.trom/
 * Atul /a.tul/
 * Azetbur /a.zet.bur/
 * Ba'el /ba.el/
 * Ba'ktor /baʔ.ktor/
 * Barak-Kadan /ba.rak ka.dan/
 * Bar'el /bar.el/
 * Barot /ba.rot/
 * B'Etor /bə.e.tor/
 * B'iJik /bə.i.jik/
 * Bo'rak /bo.rak/
 * Brok'tan /bro.ktan/
 * Brota /bro.ta/
 * Bu'kaH /buʔ.kah/
 * Chang /chang/
 * Ch'Pok /chpok/
 * Ch'Rega /'chre.ga/
 * Ch'Targh /chtargh/
 * Chu'vok /chuʔ.vok/
 * Darok /darok/
 * Arne Darvin /ar.ne dar.vin/ (It's possible this is not a Klingon name)
 * Dax /dax/
 * Dennas /den.nas/
 * D'Ghor /dghor/
 * Divok /di.vok/
 * Doran /do.ran/
 * Drex /drex/
 * Duras /du.ras/
 * Eric-Christopher (I don't think this is a Klingon name)
 * Gi'ral /gi/

Gorkon

Goroth

Gowron

Grafk

Grilka

G'trok

H

Hij'qa

H'ohk

Hon-Tihl

H'ta

Huraga

Huss

J

Japar


 * Ja'rod /jaʔ.rod/

J'Dan

Jodmos

K

K'noch

K'orin

K'vort (Klingon)

Kahless (clone)

Kahless (mirror)

Kahless the Unforgettable

Kahlest

Kahmar

Kali


 * Kang /kang/

Karana

Kargan

Katogh

Kaybok

Kaz

Kee-Bhor

Keedera

K'Ehleyr

Kell (Ambassador)

Kerla

Klaa

Klaang

Klag (Governor)

Klag (Lieutenant)

Klavek

K'mpec

K'mtar

K'Nera

K'Nor

Kobor

Kodrak

Kohlar

Kol (Klingon)

Kol-Sha

Kolana

Kolax

Kolos (Klingon)

Koloth

Konmel

Kor

Koral (Klingon)

Korath

Korax

Kornan

Korok (Captain)

Korok (General)

Koroth

Korrd

Korris

Kortar

Koth

Kozak

Kras

K'Ratak

Krelik

Krell (22nd century)

Krell (23rd century)

K'Rene

K'retok

Kruge

K'Tal

K'Temang

K'Temoc

K'Trelan

Kulge

Kunivas

Kurak

Kuri

Kurn

K'Vada

K'Vagh

K'Vok

L

L'Rell

Laneth

Larg (Captain)

Larna

Leskit

Linkasa

L'Kor

L'Naan

Lorgh

Lukara

Lurkan

Lursa

Lursa (mirror)

M

M'Nea

M'Rek

M'tokra

Magh

Maltz

Mara

Marab

Martok

Miral

Mogh

Molor

Morag

Morak

Morath

Morka

Mow'ga

M'Rel

Mur'Eq

N

N'Garen

Noggra

Nu'Daq

O

Or'Eq

Orak (Klingon)

Ortikan

P

Pahash

Miral Paris

R

M'Kota R'Cho

Reclaw (Second Dynasty)

Reclaw (Third Dynasty)

Rejac

Rodek

Rorg

Alexander Rozhenko

Rurik the Damned

Rynar

S

Sabak

Sarpek the Fearless

Shannara

Shenara

ShiVang

Shovak

Silrek

Sirella

Sompek

Sorval

Stex

Synon

T

T'Kuvma

T'vis

Talij

Tanas

Tavana

Tel-Peh

Telok

Tenavik

T'Greth

Thopok

T'Kar

Toq

Torak (Governor)


 * Toral /to.ral/

Toral Toral, son of Duras


 * W'mar /wmar/