The Klingon Way
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| Author | Marc Okrand |
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| Audio read by | Michael Dorn and Roxann Dawson |
| Subject | Klingon language |
| Genre | Phrasebook |
| Publisher | Pocket Books |
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1996 |
| Preceded by | The Klingon Dictionary |
| Followed by | Klingon for the Galactic Traveller |
The Klingon Way: A Warrior's Guide (Klingon: tlhIngan tIgh: SuvwI' DevmeH paq) is a 1996 book by the linguist Marc Okrand that was published by Pocket Books. The Klingon Way is a collection of proverbs and sayings in the constructed language of Klingon, ascribed to the Klingon race and Klingon culture in the fictional Star Trek universe. Okrand first began constructing the Klingon language in the 1980s when he was hired to produce Klingon dialogue for Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, going on to publish The Klingon Dictionary. The Klingon Way expanded the Klingon lexicon, and was followed by Klingon for the Galactic Traveller.
An audiobook version of The Klingon Way, featuring the voices of Michael Dorn and Roxann Dawson, was produced by Simon & Schuster Audio. The Klingon Language Institute considers The Klingon Way to be a canonical source of the Klingon language, and the book, along with Okrand's other work on the subject, has become highly important for a section of the Star Trek fandom.
Klingons were introduced as antagonists in Star Trek: The Original Series, though were portrayed as less villainous in subsequent Star Trek television programs—including Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine—and Star Trek films. The Klingon language was sometimes spoken on-screen early in the franchise's history, but became more formalised in the 1980s.Marc Okrand, a professional linguist who had previously been consulted concerning the Vulcan language for Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982), was hired to produce some dialogue in the Klingon language for Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984). Okrand based the language on the guttural sounds made by James Doohan that were used for the Klingon language in Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), as well as the requests made of him that the language have a guttural quality, that it would "sound good", and that it would have a genuine, realistic syntax, grammar and lexicon.
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