Klingon or Klingonese: A Linguistic Question

What’s the right way to refer to the “Klingon” language?

Daniel Goldman
Nov 5 · 4 min read
Photo by Stefan Cosma on Unsplash

Recently, a Nerdist post received some extra attention from nerds, because the title author used the term “Klingonese” rather than “Klingon” to refer to the language. Klingon or Klingonese is interesting, because it started out as a purely fictional construct, without any real intention by the…

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I’m a polymath and a rōnin scholar. That is to say that I enjoy studying many different topics. Find more at http://danielgoldman.us

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