Klingon (KLI pIqaD)
Script details
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| Code | Piqd |
| Script type | alphabet |
| Region | Artificial |
| Status | Fictional |
| Direction | LTR |
| Baseline | unspecified |
| Case | unknown |
| White space | unspecified |
| Complex behaviors | |
| OpenType code | unspecified |
| ISO 15924 Numeric Code / Key | 293 (left-to-right alphabetic) |
Script description
The Klingon language was originally created to add realism to a race of fictional aliens who inhabit the world of Star Trek, an American television and movie franchise.
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KLI pIqaD is the orthography advocated for use by the Klingon speaking community. This script is designed to emulate Klingon writing seen on the television show. Because of the difficulty involved in learning a new script, the Latin alphabet is used by some enthusiasts to write Klingon.
Klingon (KLI pIqaD) has an alphabet of 26 characters with a one-to-one grapheme-phoneme correspondence. There are ten numerals in the set. It is written left-to-right, top-to-bottom. Punctuation appears to be only used in Latin transliteration.
Languages that use this script
| Language | Writing System Code | Writing System Status | SLDR/CLDR locale | Regional variants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Klingon | tlh-Piqd | in use | tlh-Piqd-001 |
Unicode status
The PIqaD (Klingon) script is not yet in Unicode. The script is not yet in the Roadmap to the SMP
for the Unicode Standard.
Resources
- ScriptSource page for Klingon (KLI pIqaD) - all about scripts, languages, and writing systems
- Wikipedia article on Klingon (KLI pIqaD)