Last updated 7/17/99
This page is an attempt to collect in one place all the addenda, corrections, clarifications and accepted conventions for tlhIngan Hol that have appeared since the publication of The Klingon Dictionary in 1992. The entries are keyed to the section numbers of TKD, and each entry includes the original source of the addendum (if possible). In order to avoid copyright infringement, and to encourage you to seek out the sources, the entries are paraphrased, rather than quoted directly. Don't consider this page to be a substitute for the originals; every serious student should own the original texts, if only to see how accurately I've interpreted them.
Within each section, the entries are classified under one of three degrees
of reliability: Those in bold type represent direct statements from Marc
Okrand (the language's creator and only source of canon), those in
plain
type represent grammar inferred from canon examples but not directly
addressed by Marc Okrand (I defer to the members of the Klingon Language Institute
and its associated mailing list for the interpretation of these canon
examples), and those in italic type represent the accepted usages of the
KLI and its members, while recognizing that these usages have no canonical
standing (there is some overlap between these last two categories,
since hopefully we base our usage on canon).
Finally, you can read my own commentaries on a given topic
by clicking on the Commentary link.
You the reader should consider bold entries to be as authoritative as TKD
itself, plain entries to be reliable but not set in
stone, and italic
entries primarily as unofficial guides to good usage. My own commentaries,
of course, are my opinions only and should be given no more weight
than they deserve.
A final note: This page is concerned only with grammar. It does not consider any lexical topics, such as the transitivity of a given verb or new or expanded meanings for existing words, unless specifically related to a more general point of grammar.
I want this page to be as accurate and inclusive as possible, so if I've omitted something or stated it wrongly, please e-mail me with the correction.
Conventions:
*text = ungrammatical usage
?text = questionable usage
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CK - Conversational Klingon
FAQ - Klingon Language Institute Frequently-Asked-Questions
HQ - HolQeD
KGT - Klingon for the Galactic Traveller
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MNS - Microsoft Network Expert Forum
MO - Marc Okrand
PK - Power Klingon
S# - Skybox trading card, No. #
SK - news.startrek.com/startrek.klingon
ST# - Star Trek movie, No. #
TKD - The Klingon Dictionary
TKW - The Klingon Way
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