language birth

[Laurence Horn]

>The most fascinating created language I know of is Klingon which, of course
>stems from Star Trek.
>
>If anyone wants to find more about it they can find it at:
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>http://www.kli.org
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>Page Stephens
>
...the creator of which was a linguist, Marc Okrand (PhD, U. C.
Berkeley), whose dissertation was an analysis of an extinct native
language of California.  He worked extensively on a number of the
Star Trek movies.  More fun things you can do with your linguistics
degree!

Larry