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Klingon
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Federation Standard
(English) Letters to use in Transliteration |
Pronunciation
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Notes
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a |
psalm |
NOT a short a |
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b |
i"mb"alance |
mb |
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ch |
chew |
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D |
faint d |
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e |
sensor |
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gh |
gobble |
hum it |
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H |
Kh, Ba"ch", l'i"ch"aim, Ti"j"uana |
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I |
misfit |
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j |
junk |
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l |
lunge |
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m |
mud |
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n |
nectarine |
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ng |
furlong |
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o |
mosaic |
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P |
parallax |
With big puff of air |
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q |
"k"umquat |
slight puff |
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Q |
like q only more so! |
guttural, raspy |
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r |
rrrrolled |
slightly trill it |
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S |
between s and sh |
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t |
tarpaulin |
puff |
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tlh |
No English equivalent |
tip of tongue starts to make "t"
sound,but lowered sides of tonugue, much forced air and friction |
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u |
prune |
never a short u sound |
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v |
vulgar |
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w |
cow |
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y |
yodel |
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' |
glutteral stop sound |