Am 23.04.2023 um 19:27 schrieb Iikka Hauhio:
As a test of fluency, I was once suggested a survival test: can you survive in a foreign city using only their native language?
I have also heard of that kind of test, and that's the one I would like to set as a counting method for "Klingon speakers", accepting that this does not mean "perfect Klingon speakers". If one is able to explain and/or understand a word by using other existing words, I believe it counts as being a speaker. I remember being in the US as an exchange student. I had had only two years of English classes before. My English skills were surely below being expert, but if there was a word I didn't know, people could explain it to me. So per definition, I was a speaker, and even a "fluent" speaker. But never on the level of a native speaker. We should not forget that when counting Klingon speakers. Don't only count those who are at 100%. -- Lieven L. Litaer aka the "Klingon Teacher from Germany" http://www.tlhInganHol.com http://klingon.wiki/En/AliceInWonderland