Title: The Bible...in Klingon
Post by: Gawen on June 02, 2010, 01:54:16 AM
Post by: Gawen on June 02, 2010, 01:54:16 AM
*laffin*...
Yup.
http://www.tlg.uci.edu/~opoudjis/Klingon/mark.new.html (http://www.tlg.uci.edu/~opoudjis/Klingon/mark.new.html)
Yup.
http://www.tlg.uci.edu/~opoudjis/Klingon/mark.new.html (http://www.tlg.uci.edu/~opoudjis/Klingon/mark.new.html)
Title: Re: The Bible...in Klingon
Post by: JillSwift on June 02, 2010, 02:00:03 AM
Post by: JillSwift on June 02, 2010, 02:00:03 AM
qoH vuvbe' SuS
Title: Re: The Bible...in Klingon
Post by: wildfire_emissary on June 02, 2010, 05:05:21 AM
Post by: wildfire_emissary on June 02, 2010, 05:05:21 AM
q'apla.
Title: Re: The Bible...in Klingon
Post by: Asmodean on June 02, 2010, 10:42:44 AM
Post by: Asmodean on June 02, 2010, 10:42:44 AM
yeSuS
I think me I know what that there means
Title: Re: The Bible...in Klingon
Post by: JillSwift on June 02, 2010, 03:59:47 PM
Post by: JillSwift on June 02, 2010, 03:59:47 PM
Quote from: "Asmodean":hmm:Yes. It's an exclamation used when frustrated or disgusted.
yeSuS
I think me I know what that there means
Title: Re: The Bible...in Klingon
Post by: Sophus on June 03, 2010, 03:37:44 AM
Post by: Sophus on June 03, 2010, 03:37:44 AM
It is most impressive that a language from another world uses the Roman alphabet.
Title: Re: The Bible...in Klingon
Post by: JillSwift on June 03, 2010, 04:22:54 AM
Post by: JillSwift on June 03, 2010, 04:22:54 AM
Quote from: "Sophus"It is most impressive that a language from another world uses the Roman alphabet.Actually, they invented an alphabet too, but also a Romanization so the actors would have something to work with.
(Wow, am I a geek or what?)
Title: Re: The Bible...in Klingon
Post by: elliebean on June 03, 2010, 08:13:21 PM
Post by: elliebean on June 03, 2010, 08:13:21 PM
I've invented an alphabet; now I just need a language to go with it. Fun project, but a tall order, for sure. It took me a couple of years to create, and it still needs tweaking here and there, I think. If I happen to dig it up, I'll post some pics.
Title: Re: The Bible...in Klingon
Post by: pinkocommie on June 03, 2010, 08:54:46 PM
Post by: pinkocommie on June 03, 2010, 08:54:46 PM
I wish I has a scanner! My friend and I invented an alphabet (over the course of years, mind you) that includes clues to dropping letters and stuff, so it's like an alphabet that includes a code so in case people figure out what the alphabet is, they still have to figure out that a curvey dashy thing means to skip three letters ahead in the alphabet, etc. We used to write letters to each other in it and (though I am totally law abiding now and would NEVER do this these days...ahem...) graffiti bathroom stalls we knew the other person would use and the sides of buildings we knew the other person would walk by and notice. Fun times!
Title: Re: The Bible...in Klingon
Post by: Tank on June 03, 2010, 09:08:01 PM
Post by: Tank on June 03, 2010, 09:08:01 PM
I 'invented' a script that mapped onto the 26 letters on the alphabet. When I used to play D&D with my kids and their friends I used to write some of the instructions in English and then translate them into the script. I didn't tell them how the script worked, it took them all of 5 minutes to decode it 
But they loved it!
But they loved it!
Title: Re: The Bible...in Klingon
Post by: elliebean on June 03, 2010, 11:23:19 PM
Post by: elliebean on June 03, 2010, 11:23:19 PM
:yay:
[spoiler:cfeljqt3]It consists of 50 unique characters, each representing a loosely defined range of phonetic sounds (if I'd made it too specific, It would have been the IPA (http://www.omniglot.com/writing/ipa.htm) and I could have called it a day). Additionally, each sound is unique to the symbol representing it. So, no duplicates, either way. The design of the characters themselves are all based on the same design principle - each one is a combination of a few easily drawn curved strokes from a pre-established set, and follows a few simple rules, whereby, out of the hundreds of possible characters that could be made up using that set of marks, only the 50 characters used (plus a couple of unsightly strays) fit within those constraints. It's as tightly wrapped as I could possibly get it.
To illustrate what some of them look like, consider the strokes involved in forming these characters:
( ) 6 9 0 C D _ | T
only some of them appear backwards and/or have vertical or horizontal lines through them.[/spoiler:cfeljqt3]
[spoiler:cfeljqt3]It consists of 50 unique characters, each representing a loosely defined range of phonetic sounds (if I'd made it too specific, It would have been the IPA (http://www.omniglot.com/writing/ipa.htm) and I could have called it a day). Additionally, each sound is unique to the symbol representing it. So, no duplicates, either way. The design of the characters themselves are all based on the same design principle - each one is a combination of a few easily drawn curved strokes from a pre-established set, and follows a few simple rules, whereby, out of the hundreds of possible characters that could be made up using that set of marks, only the 50 characters used (plus a couple of unsightly strays) fit within those constraints. It's as tightly wrapped as I could possibly get it.
To illustrate what some of them look like, consider the strokes involved in forming these characters:
( ) 6 9 0 C D _ | T
only some of them appear backwards and/or have vertical or horizontal lines through them.[/spoiler:cfeljqt3]