[tlhIngan Hol] Are arabic numerals canon ?

[SuStel]

On 9/27/2017 3:40 PM, André Müller wrote:
> According to Memory Alpha, Cardassia Prime is the second planet in the 
> system. So I would not translate Prime with {wa'} here. If we don't 
> know the number of a Prime planet, perhaps {yuQ'a'} could be a solution?

But Cardassia Prime is canonically *qarDaS wa'.* Assuming that Memory 
Alpha is correct, that means Klingons either translate /prime/ as *wa'* 
regardless of position, or else Klingons don't follow the convention, 
and it is only a convention, of numbering planets in order of distance 
from their stars.

Since we also know that Klingons will translate names based (apparently) 
on orbit order, and this contradicts the /prime/ naming, I conclude that 
all the planet names with numbers in them are simply translations of 
names, whatever the origin of the numbers, and not how Klingon 
astronomers refer to them.

This means there can be confusion between knowing whether a planet is 
the important one in the system or the closest one to its star. How do 
you refer to Cardassia I? Oh well. These confusions happen in language. 
Klingons undoubtedly think Federation Standard is dumb for getting this 
all mixed up.

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SuStel
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