Appendix:Klingon

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These are English definitions of terms of the Klingon language (ISO 639 code: tlh), a constructed language from Paramount's Star Trek media franchise. The language also has its own script, Klingon script (ISO 15924 code: Piqd), a constructed script. The script is encoded in Unicode's ConScript Registry private codepage, but has not been accepted into Unicode proper.

The Klingon language is known as "tlhIngan Hol" in Klingon. The Klingon script is known as "pIqaD" in Klingon.

This appendix is for describing the Klingon language qua language, so terms must still pass Wiktionary:Criteria for inclusion, including WT:SOP and WT:FICTION (i.e. no terms for Star Trek–only things like pIpyuS pach pipius claw).

Klingon glyphs

Selected words

Alphabet

Latin script

a, b, ch, D, e, gh, H, I, j, l, m, n, ng, o, p, q, Q, r, S, t, tlh, u, v, w, y, '.

Family

• be'nI' (“sister”)
• loDnI' (“brother”)
• puq (“child”)
• puqbe' (“daughter”)
• puqloD (“son”)
• SoS (“mother”)
• vav (“father”)

Numbers

10	maH
100	vatlh
1 000	SaD	SanID
10 000	netlh
100 000	bIp
1 000 000	'uy'

0	pagh	5	vagh
1	wa'	6	jav
2	cha'	7	Soch
3	wej	8	chorgh
4	loS	9	Hut

Question words

• chay' (“how?”)
• ghorgh (“when?”)
• nuq (“what?”)
• nuqDaq (“where?”)
• qatlh (“why?”)
• 'ar (“how many/much?”)
• 'Iv (“who?”)

Personal pronouns

Klingon personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person		 jIH	 maH
2nd person		 SoH	 tlhIH
3rd person	capable of speech	 ghaH	 chaH
	incapable of speech	 'oH	 bIH
indefinite		 pagh

Possessive suffixes

Possessives	1st-person singular	2nd-person singular	3rd-person singular	1st-person plural	2nd-person plural	3rd-person plural
Not capable of using language	-wIj	-lIj	-Daj	-maj	-raj	-chaj
Capable of using language	-wI'	-lI'		-ma'	-ra'

Verb prefixes

Indicative-mood prefixes		Object
		No object	1st person singular	2nd person singular	3rd person singular	1st person plural	2nd person plural	3rd person plural
Subject	1st person singular	jI-	—	qa-	vI-	—	Sa-	vI-
	2nd person singular	bI-	cho-	—	Da-	ju-	—	Da-
	3rd person singular	Ø-	mu-	Du-	Ø-	nu-	lI-	Ø-
	1st person plural	ma-	—	pI-	wI-	—	re-	DI-
	2nd person plural	Su-	tu-	—	bo-	che-	—	bo-
	3rd person plural	Ø-	mu-	nI-	lu-	nu-	lI-	Ø-
	-lu'	Ø-	vI-	Da-	Ø-	wI-	bo-	lu-

Imperative-mood prefixes		Object
		No object	1st person singular	3rd person singular	1st person plural	3rd person plural
Subject	2nd person singular	yI-	HI-	yI-	gho-	tI-
	2nd person plural	pe-

External links

• Unicode: "pIqaD (Klingon) and its Usage" (L2/16-329) [2016]