But then you wouldn't be able to tell between {-qH-} and {-Q-} in the middle of a word. For instance, {baqHa'} "unterminate, undiscontinue" and {baQa'} (an invective), would both be written as BAQHA'. There are already existing systems for rendering Klingon orthography in single character monocases (usually for ease of lookup in a dictionary, or for making pIqaD fonts). Those just use a "k" for either q or Q. On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 12:31 AM, Anthony Appleyard < a.appleyard@btinternet.com> wrote:
Yesterday someone sent a message about syllable stress in Klingon with stressed syllables uppercased and unstressed syllables lowercased. That lost the Q/q distinction. In such usages, spelling {Q} as "qh" (as is sometimes done in the Quechua language) would restore the difference in emergencies where case of letters cannot be used for its usual purpose.
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