[tlhIngan Hol] numbers.. to join or not to join ? that is the question..

[Will Martin]

jatlhmeH tlhIngan Hol nughojmoH matlh.

ghItlhmeH tlhIngan Hol nughojmoH “Mark Okrand”.

You read Romanized, written Klingon in order to know what it would sound like if it were spoken aloud. While there are rules about when two nouns go together or are kept separate, these are more a matter of human notation of Klingon speech than of the language itself, and we’ve known for a long time that Okrand is not consistent in how he gloms number words together or keeps them separate.

Given the inconsistency, consider yourself correct whether you separate out the number words, or mash them together. Larger numbers might be easier to parse as separate words.

charghwI’ vaghnerya’ngan

rInpa’ bomnIS be’’a’ pI’.

> On Aug 31, 2020, at 8:12 AM, mayqel qunen'oS <mihkoun at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> mI'mey.. rar pagh rarbe'; DaH mu'tlheghvam wIqelnIS..
> 
> jatlh tkd:
>> 20 {cha'maH}
>> 30 {wejmaH}
>> 100 {wa'vatlh}
>> 200 {cha'vatlh}
>> 1,000 {wa'SaD} or {wa'SanID}
>> 2,000 {cha'SaD} or {cha'SanID}
> 
> jatlh tkd:
>> 31 {wejmaH wa'}
>> 604 {javvatlh loS}
> 
> 'ej jatlh je tkd:
>> 5,347 {vaghSaD wejvatlh loSmaH Soch}
> 
> 'a jatlh tkw:
>> qaStaHvIS wa' ram loS SaD Hugh SIjlaH qetbogh loD
> 
> {loSSaD} jatlh mu'tlheghvam 'e' vIpIH, 'a {loSSaD} jatlhbe'
> mu'tlheghvam. {loS SaD} jatlh. qatlh qaS wanI'vam ? typo 'oH'a' ?
> 
> ~ Qa'yIn
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