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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/14/2019 10:51 AM, Daniel Dadap
wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:49F0D3E4-F971-4FB5-9DBC-6C9836B1D962@dadap.net">The
speaker was Dr. Okrand himself, and the lack of aspiration was
systematic enough that it seemed quite intentional. (FWIW at least
one of the apparently non-aspirated /p/ sounds might have been a
/b/, but it’s a little hard to tell.)</blockquote>
<p>I would not take Okrand's pronunciation of dialectical speech in
<i>Power Klingon </i>too seriously. It was recorded before the
publication of KGT. It was trying to make the dialectical speech
sound silly and wimpy compared to the standard dialect. The tape
is a very tongue-in-cheek rendition of a traveler's audiotape, and
no dialect-native Klingon appeared to be consulted for it.</p>
<p>Non-aspirated <b>p</b> in Morskan? Maybe, but you'd need more
than <i>Power Klingon</i> to conclude that.<br>
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