At the same time, some others have developed languages in detail for their own sake, such as J. R. R. Tolkien's Quenya and Sindarin and Star Trek's Klingon language which exist as functioning, usable languages.

* The Klingon language in Star Trek

Perhaps the most fully developed fictional alien language is the Klingon language of the Star Trek universe-a fully developed constructed language.

* The fictional Klingon language has three classes: capable of speaking, body part and other.

* tlhIngan Hol, the Klingon language

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 " ) but, among the Klingon-speaking community, this is often understood to refer to another Klingon language called Klingonaase that was introduced in John M. Ford's 1988 Star Trek novel The Final Reflection, and appears in other Star Trek novels by Ford.

A shorthand version of Klingonaase, and later with the same term adopted by tlhIngan Hol itself, is called " battle language ", or " Clipped Klingon ".

Though mentioned in the original Star Trek series episode " The Trouble With Tribbles ", the Klingon language first appeared on-screen in Star Trek: The Motion Picture ( 1979 ).

With the advent of the series Star Trek: The Next Generation ( 1987 )— in which one of the main characters, Worf, was a Klingon — and successors, the language and various cultural aspects for the fictional species were expanded.

In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode " A Matter of Honor ", several members of a Klingon ship's crew speak a language that is not translated for the benefit of the viewer ( even Commander Riker, enjoying the benefits of a universal translator, is unable to understand ) until one Klingon orders the others to " speak their ' humans ' language ".

The pilot episode of the prequel series Star Trek: Enterprise, " Broken Bow " ( 2001 ) describes the Klingon language as having " eighty polyguttural dialects constructed on an adaptive syntax ".

Hobbyists around the world have studied the Klingon language.

The Klingon Language Institute exists to promote the language.

Additionally, while the validity is disputed by legal scholars, the copyright of the Klingon language is owned by Paramount as well.

Even though Marc Okrand has studied the indigenous languages of the Americas, the Klingon language is not based upon any of those languages.

In the fictional Star Trek universe the Klingon High Council ( in Klingon tlhIngan yejquv ) is the supreme ruling body of the Klingon Empire.

As he is then required to by tradition, Worf starts the Klingon vow of marriage, by shouting " tlhIngan jIH " ( Klingon for " I am a Klingon "), but K ' Ehleyr refuses to take the vow and storms out.

< td style =" font-size: 8pt ; padding: 4pt ; line-height: 1. 25em ; text-align: center ;"> tlhIngan Hol lujatlh lo ' wI ' pu ' vam .< hr /> These users speak Klingon .</ td >

< td style =" font-size: 8pt ; padding: 4pt ; line-height: 1. 25em "> loQ tlhIngan Hol lujatlh lo ' wI ' pu ' vam .< hr /> These users speak a little Klingon .</ td >

< td style =" font-size: 8pt ; padding: 4pt ; line-height: 1. 25em "> tlhIngan Hol lujatlh lo ' wI ' pu ' vam .< hr /> These users speak Klingon .</ td >

Their language, tlhIngan Hol, is very different from Ford's klingonaase, and their homeworld is Kronos ( Qo ' noS in Klingon ).

She explained that she had a much more pronounced Klingon forehead and nose and had to wear a set of Klingon teeth, which made her feel uncomfortable.

Kahless ( pronounced KAY-less ; Klingon letters: " qeylIS ") is a messianic figure in Klingon history, who unified the Klingon people and became the first Klingon emperor.

Kirk's security officer reacts without thinking and draws his phaser on the Klingon, but the redshirted officer is immediately killed by a Capellan guard with his kligat, ( pronounced " Klee-got "), a weapon that is part boomerang and part dagger.

The Klingon Christmas Carol play is the first production that is primarily in Klingon ( only the narrator speaks English ).

The opera ' u ' is entirely in Klingon.

However, Klingon as described on television is often not entirely congruous with the Klingon developed by Okrand.

An important concept to spoken and written Klingon is canonicity.

Within the fictional universe of Star Trek, Klingon is derived from the original language spoken by the messianic figure Kahless the Unforgettable, who united the Klingon home-world of Qo ' noS under one empire more than 1500 years ago.

Later, professional linguists, particularly Marc Okrand, expanded Klingon into a fully constructed language with a working grammar.

The KLI pIqaD is a constructed script for Klingon language | Klingon

The best-known constructed scripts dedicated to fictional languages are J. R. R. Tolkien's elaborate Tengwar and Cirth, but many others exist, such as the Klingon script, Aurebesh from the Star Wars films, and D ' ni from the Myst series of video games.

* In the constructed language of Klingon, ghotI ’ is one of the words for " fish ".

Examples of constructed cultures include the Klingon, Drow, and Fremen cultures.

Examples include the Klingon language of the Star Trek universe ( a fully developed constructed language created by Marc Okrand ), the Zentradi language from the Macross Japanese science-fiction anime series and the DC Comics Kryptonese ( for which there exists an alphabet and language glossary ).

The CSUR, which is not officially endorsed or associated with the Unicode Consortium, provides a mapping for constructed scripts, such as Klingon pIqaD and Ferengi script ( Star Trek ), Tengwar and Cirth ( J. R. R.

The Klingon Hamlet ( full title: The Tragedy of Khamlet, Son of the Emperor of Qo ' noS ) was a project to translate William Shakespeare's Hamlet into Klingon, a constructed language first appearing in the television series Star Trek.

After Alec's fifth birthday Speers reported that his son eventually stopped responding to him when spoken to in Klingon as he clearly did not enjoy it, so Speers switched to English.

Scheele preferred speaking Klingon his whole life, and German was commonly spoken among Swedish pharmacists.

In this animated film, they are actually heard speaking a fictional extraterrestrial language specifically developed for the movie as subtitles are provided for the audience, much like the Klingon language in Star Trek ( of which a word wasn't spoken until they both appeared in their first theatrical version ).