[Tlhingan-hol] qaghwI' between consonants

[qunnoQ HoD]

> and the apostrophe between most consonants just cannot be pronounced

that is exactly what i wanted to clarify ! i wondered whether the cluster
consonant-qaghwI'-consonant can be pronounced ; thank you all for answering.

On Sat, Oct 24, 2015 at 3:53 PM, Lieven <levinius at gmx.de> wrote:

> 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.
>
> --
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