Earlier variations Klingon alphabets

the klingon piqad according skybox



skybox piqad text sample

the kli adapted version of piqad utilizes character set assembled author thomas e. scheuer in publication mortas-te-kaase - death s hand battle fleet fan organization group operations manual (compiled, written, illustrated , published author thomas e. scheuer 1989–1994) author , founder of kli later became member of, , learned of mtk character assemblage , membership booklet designations, isn t mapping of klingon letters. astra image letters released in mortas-te-kaase taken , used in paramount-endorsed bitstream font pack. used make font ten letters of english alphabet: e n being represented ten different klingon letters. font has been used star trek production team when creating klingon graphics; still used random gibberish on shows. dr. schoen refer inquiries thomas scheuer still student of klingon language @ time. mortas-te-kaase organisation in close contact linguist marc okrand, active member of mtk , release exclusive additional words , phrases through regular publications of organisation via newsletter ves qonos . scheuer never credited however, in of dr. schoen s works or publications, , following commercial usage not credited either. copy of original release photocopied mtk member manual displayed @ right. (see mtk 1990 klin-kon flier utilizing mtk piqad)

the trading card company skybox used font when created klingon language cards in star trek: next generation trading card collection. klingon cards detail aspects of klingon culture , feature piqad text , transliteration , translation provided marc okrand. of these cards, notably s7, s8, , s9, feature piqad, corresponds latin transcription. other known cards include s19 , s20 (which contain belittling references blockbuster, allusion blockbuster video) season 7 card selection s37, s38 , s39 (which featured no actual tlhingan hol, english , on card s39 latin, written in skybox alphabet), , finally, checklist cards each season s set of cards had word cards written in klingon on them when listing above-mentioned cards.

the script written in horizontal lines running left right, top bottom, english. klingon can written spaces between words (a word being defined noun, verb or leftover, plus prefixes , suffixes attached it) , punctuation. when case, 2 punctuation marks used:

an up-turned triangle function similar comma, semi-colon or colon.
a down-turned triangle function similar full stop, question mark or exclamation mark.

the triangular punctuation marks have been accepted common usage of kli piqad (see above).

klingon can written no spaces or punctuation @ all; form more common on tv shows. in english, klingon text can left-justified, center-justified, or right-justified, , written in vertical columns on banners.

due nature, skybox alphabet ill-suited writing klingon, in ambiguity in alphabet apparent, different words spelled same way; these homographs. heartiest commendations , gravest insults written identically; however, context go long way disambiguating homographs.

mandel script

the klinzhai alphabet

a third script, known klinzhai or mandel script, included in u.s.s. enterprise officer s manual (1980). holds more closely d7 battlecruiser hull markings , loosely based upon conceptual art of matt jeffries, tos set designer.

its letters map various letters , digraphs of english, have no relation marc okrand s klingon language. other 2 alphabets, written in same direction english.

some fans have suggested alphabet used write klingonaase in native form.