Klingonaase

"Klingonaase" is a non-canon fictional language appearing in works by John M. Ford related to the science fiction series "Star Trek", in which it is depicted as the language of the Klingon race. The suffix "-aase" means "tool", so "klingonaase" is the tool (i.e. language) of the Klingons.

History

"Klingonaase" first appeared in 1984 in the tie-in novel "The Final Reflection", which features a detailed view of Klingon society. It also appears in the Klingon supplement for the FASA Star Trek role-playing game of the 1980s, which is partly based on materials created for the novel.

Ford's version of the Klingon language has never been used in any canonical Star Trek work, though it has been suggested [ [http://www.websnark.com/archives/2006/09/requiescat_in_p_1.html "Requiescat in Pace, John M. Ford"] , by Eric Burns] that his sympathetic portrayal of Klingon culture influenced the later canonical depictions of honor-driven Klingons. Canonical Star Trek has developed a different version of Klingon culture, and uses the language "tlhIngan Hol", which was independently created by professional linguist Marc Okrand for the Star Trek movies at around the same time.

"Klingonaase" continues to appear in fan fiction about Klingons, and is used by Klingon fan clubs in personal and club names, mottos, and statements of principle, often alongside "tlhIngan Hol". ["The Final Reflection" — Influence on Fanon] It has also been used in the Star Fleet Battles series of games.

Klingonaase - "tlhIngan Hol" comparison

The "klingonaase" terms here are taken from John M. Ford's "The Final Reflection" and from the Star Trek RPG, and the "tlhIngan Hol" terms from Marc Okrand's "The Klingon Dictionary".

As with most translations, the English equivalents may only be considered as approximate. As an example, while the table gives the English equivalent of "komerex" as "empire", a more correct translation of "komerex" would be "the structure that grows". Its opposite is "khesterex" - "the structure that stagnates". An oft-cited phrase from "The Final Reflection" is "Tel komerex, khesterex", which is rendered in English "That which does not grow, dies." referring to the Klingon approach towards Empire and empire-building.

As could be seen from the samples, klingonaase and tlhIngan Hol have very little vocabulary in common, and the few phrases in klingonaase seemingly lack Thlingan Hol's distinctive OVS word order.

ee also

*Star Trek RPG (FASA)
*Klingon languages
*Klingon writing systems

References

* cite book
title = The Final Reflection
first = John M. | last = Ford
authorlink = John M. Ford
year = 1984

External links

* [http://www.khemorex-klinzhai.de/Hol/klingonaase.html Klingonaase Guide]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20041019214306/http://www.pinette.net/chris/startrek/klinaase.html Languages of Star Trek: Klingonaase] (archived copy; original site is gone)
* [http://www.websnark.com/archives/2006/09/requiescat_in_p_1.html "Requiescat in Pace, John M. Ford"] , by Eric Burns