[Tlhingan-hol] qaghwI' between consonants

[Lieven]

Am 24.10.2015 um 08:11 schrieb Robyn Stewart:
 > 3.Names can take any form the user wants them to, including letters 
and letter combinations that aren’t in tlhIngan Hol.

First to make clear: Qov is one of the most experienced Klingon speakers 
I have ever met, so I have my greatest respect to her knowledge and 
grammatical opinion. That's why it's not easy for me to contradict.

This is important for true beginners to understand this correctly:

Yes, names can be whatever they are. Of course there is no rule for 
names, and they may look what they look like.

But, on the other hand, it depends on the question asked: if you want to 
make a name which follows correct tlhIngan Hol syllables, then you can 
NOT do what you want. The Klingon letters we use are some kind of 
pronunciation system, and the apostrophe between most consonants just 
cannot be pronounced. I definitely DISCOMMEND any beginners to write 
words like {qun'noQ} or {QIt'vur} because they simply can NOT be 
pronounced. It's like writing english names like "Kpnolstkr" and 
"Apprlk" - it just makes no sense.

What you can do is what most authors do, writing "english" Klingon names 
as we know "K'mtor" or "K'Tinga", but that'sno tlhIngan Hol.

{paq'batlh} is really one of very few exceptions [please name any 
others], which is based on the incorrect spelling of the autors, and 
that's why okrand has explained it as archaic klingon.

-- 
Lieven L. Litaer
aka Quvar valer 'utlh
Grammarian of the KLI
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