Actually, Clipped Klingon was invented to explain the entire spoken Klingon and subtitles in ST1, which were done before Okrand was hired to invent the Vulcan ceremony in ST2. He invented the Klingon language for ST3, making sure that ST1 would still count as accurate spoken Klingon.

charghwI’ vaghnerya’ngan

rInpa’ bomnIS be’’a’ pI’.




On Feb 26, 2019, at 9:20 AM, Daniel Dadap <daniel@dadap.net> wrote:

> 
> This sentence didn't appear in Star Trek III, but was something with 
> this grammar actually spoken in the movie which forced Okrand to make 
> this restriction? 

Yes: {qama'pu' jonta' neH}


Oh, of course, the one sentence that literally explains most of the weird arbitrary decisions made in TKD.


If that turns out to be true (that {qama'pu' jonta' neH} gave us not only Clipped Klingon,