[tlhIngan Hol] difference between the nouns {Segh} and {mut}

[janSIy .]

{Segh} can be used for classification, categorization, and sorting by any quality including superficial qualities like color, shape, or texture. When applied to beings, species is also a {Segh}. More often {Segh} is a subcategory of Species, but sometimes it is used for a category broader than species (like Genus).

{mut} is a genetic classification indicating that all in the group are capable of interbreeding. English speakers do sometimes use the terms "race" and "species" interchangeably, but I suspect Klingons are a little more scientific about {mut} than about {Segh}. But the whole thing is even more complicated by the ability in Star Trek for aliens to interbreed with eachother and with humans.

Jeremy

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Subject: [tlhIngan Hol] difference between the nouns {Segh} and {mut}

Can an American please explain to me, what the difference is between the noun {Segh} and the noun {mut}?

According to Ca'Non:

Segh (n) "race (type, sort, class)"
mut (n) "species"

In science fiction movies/series I've heard both "the survival of the human race" and "the survival of the human species", so I can't understand what's the difference between these two.

Does an American "feel" any difference between these two words? And I ask for the opinion of Americans, because 'oqranD is an American too, so I'm trying to understand what he means by each of these two words.

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