Klingon
constructed language created for Star Trek
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Summary
Klingon is a fictional language[1]. Klingon ranks in the top 8% of fictional language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,436 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Creator: Marc Okrand[3]
- Instance of: constructed language[4], a priori language[5]
- Writing system: pIqaD[6], Okrand notation[7]
- Has use: second language[8]
- Commons category: Klingon language[9]
- Wikimedia language code: tlh[10]
- Time of discovery or invention: 1984[11]
- Topic's main category: Category:Klingon language[12]
- Described at URL: https://database.conlang.org/view/?conlang=334[13], http://inthelandofinventedlanguages.com/index.php?page=languages&id=463[14], https://cals.info/language/klingon/[15], https://langmaker.github.io/db/mdl_klingon.htm[16]
- Language regulatory body: Klingon Language Institute[17], Marc Okrand[18]
- From narrative universe: Star Trek universe[19]
- Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 9000[20], 0[21]
- Described by source: The Klingon Dictionary[22], Star Trek Fact Files[23]
- Present in work: Broken Bow, Part I[24], Nepenthe[25], Envoys[26], Crossroads[27]
- Stack Exchange tag: https://conlang.stackexchange.com/tags/klingon[28]
- Native label: tlhIngan Hol[29], [30]
- Different from: Klingon[31], Klingonaase[32]
- Exact match: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/TLH[33], http://data.linguistik.de/bll/bll-ontology#bll-133090353[34]
- Linguistic typology: object–verb–subject[35], agglutinative language[36]
- Category for films in this language: Category:Klingon-language films[37]
- Media franchise: Star Trek[38]
Why It Matters
Klingon has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] Klingon is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]