Klingon Language Institute

The Klingon Language Institute (KLI) is an independent organization located in Flourtown, Pennsylvania, United States. Its goal is to promote the Klingon language and culture.

The KLI has members from all over the world. For 13 years, it published a quarterly journal HolQeD (Klingon for linguistics), before discontinuing the paper mailings and changing to an electronic version which quickly stopped entirely. It also published the fiction and poetry magazine jatmey. Each year, the KLI hosts a five-day conference called qep’a’ (Klingon for "great meeting"), which is open to both members and anyone interested in the language. At this conference, an annual $500 scholarship is bestowed upon an undergraduate or graduate linguistics student. The KLI is running several projects, including the translation into Klingon of the Bible and works by Shakespeare. The motto of the institute is qo’mey poSmoH Hol, which means "Language opens worlds".

The KLI is a nonprofit corporation and exists to facilitate the scholarly exploration of the Klingon language and culture. It has the permission of CBS Studios to use trademarks such as Star Trek and Klingon.

The KLI was founded in 1992 in Flourtown, Pennsylvania.

Each year in midsummer, the annual meeting named qep’a’ takes place. It is open to anyone who is interested in the Klingon language, and usually takes place in the United States. The eighth meeting, the first and only ever outside the USA, was held in Brussels (Belgium) in 2001 and organized by Lieven Litaer. At these meetings, attendees talk about Klingon and in Klingon in a school-like style, with lessons, lectures and exercises. It is usually at a professional level and cannot be compared to a standard science fiction convention. Parallel to this annual meeting, many members of the KLI also organize their own "small meetings", in Klingon called qepHom, which are informal and local small gatherings to practice the Klingon language.

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