External name:Klingon
Internal name:tlhIngan Hol
Author:Marc Okrand
Homepage:http://www.kli.org/
Background:
Greeting:nuqneH
Vocabulary size:NA
From earth:no
Averageness:40/100, 8 of 20
Number of features:20
Tags:star trek, polysynthetic
Editable by all:yes
Added by:kaleissin
Managed by:kaleissin
Added:2008-05-19 21:05
Last change:2008-08-03 13:30

Features:

Phonology

Consonant Inventories WALS Average
Vowel Quality Inventories WALS Average (5-6)
Voicing and Gaps in Plosive Systems WALS Missing /g/
Uvular Consonants WALS Uvular stops and continuants
Glottalized Consonants WALS No glottalized consonants
Lateral Consonants WALS /l/ and lateral obstruent
The Velar Nasal WALS Initial velar nasal
Vowel Nasalization WALS Contrast absent
Front Rounded Vowels WALS None
Syllable Structure WALS Moderately complex
Tone WALS No tones

Word Order

Order of Subject, Object and Verb WALS OVS
Order of Subject and Verb WALS VS
Order of Object and Verb WALS OV
Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase WALS No adpositions
Order of Adjective and Noun WALS Noun-Adjective
Order of Demonstrative and Noun WALS Demonstrative suffix
Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase WALS Other

Simple Clauses

Alignment of Case Marking of Full Noun Phrases WALS Neutral

Conlang-specific

Conlang type Artlang