Klingon alphabets
| Klinzhai or Mandel script |
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|---|---|
| Type |
Alphabet – Latin cipher
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| Languages | Klingonaase? |
| pIqaD |
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|---|---|
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| Type | |
| Languages | tlhIngan Hol (Klingon) |
| Direction | Left-to-right |
| ISO 15924 | Piqd, 293 |
| CSUR U+F8D0..U+F8FF | |
Klingon alphabets are fictional alphabets used in the Star Trek movies and television shows to write the Klingon language.
In Marc Okrand's The Klingon Dictionary this alphabet is named as pIqaD, but no information is given about it. When Klingon symbols are used in Star Trek productions they are merely decorative graphic elements, designed to simulate real writing and to create an appropriate atmosphere.
The Astra Image Corporation designed the symbols (currently used to "write" Klingon) for Star Trek: The Motion Picture, although these symbols are often incorrectly attributed to Michael Okuda. They based the letters on the Klingon battlecruiser hull markings (three letters) first created by Matt Jeffries, and on Tibetan writing because the script had sharp letter forms—used as a testament to the Klingons' love for bladed weapons.
The KLI version of the pIqaD alphabet was created by an anonymous source at Paramount, who based his/her alphabet on letters seen in the show. This source sent in his/her alphabet to the Klingon Language Institute and the KLI uploaded it onto its Web site. But the vast majority of Klingonists still prefer the Latin alphabet.
The alphabet is quite simple: It contains twenty-six letters with a one-to-one grapheme-phoneme correspondence: that is, one letter represents one sound and one sound is written with one letter. There are also ten numerals in the set. It is written from left to right, top to bottom like English. There is no actual punctuation; however, those that use punctuation with the alphabet, use Skybox punctuation symbols (see below).
The KLI pIqaD script is registered in the ConScript registry in the Private Use Area of Unicode.
Bing translate translates between many languages and Klingon, including the KLI pIqaD script. Bing currently uses a private use script code of "Qaak" for pIqaD instead of the official ISO 15924 script code "Piqd".
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