On 2/21/2019 2:30 PM, SuStel wrote:
On 2/21/2019 1:13 PM, mayqel qunen'oS wrote:
Often we talk about "what if.." one day it was allowed to write klingon using lower case.
Some would like that, and others not.
Out of curiosity though.. if we *did* write in lower case, how would we distinguish between the q and Q ?
You'd have to make a choice. Since *q* sounds much more like a /k/ than *Q* does, I'd turn *q* into /k/ and leave *Q* alone.
Another possibility (not even counting the use of diacritics) would be to do with *Q* what Klingon does with *gh, tlh, *and *ch:* add an /h/ after the /q./ That way, you're not tempted to make the *q* sound like a /k./ /Vaj toddujdaj ngehbej Divi'. Nimbus wej wighos; he yinab! Reh Divi' duj visuv vineh./ /Dopdaq qul yichenmoh qhobdi' ghu'. Reh suvrup suvwi''a'. Hagh qohpu' neh heghtahvis suvwi'pu'. Hivqa' veqlargh./ /Qho'nosdaq paw cha' Divi' beq. Tlhingan 'avwi' lughom. Lutlhob, nadevvo' Vas'a'daq majahlah'a'? Jang 'avwi', lichopbe'chugh ghewmey./ /Tlh: Nuqneh?// //H: Javmah tat chu'wi' vinehbej.// //Tlh: Vaghsad deqh hinob! Dah yidil!// //H: Qay'be'. Titlhap!// //Tlh: Maj. Ha'! Dah matlhutlh./ /H: Jabwi', Romulus hiq vitlhutlh.// //Tlh: Jabwi', cha' hivje' tiqem! Tera'ngan motlhbe' soh.// //H: 'iwlij jachjaj. Tlh: Reh hivje'lijdaq 'iwghargh datu'jaj./ -- SuStel http://trimboli.name