When a software company named Ultralingua needed a specialist in the Klingon language, d'Armond Speers was their man, and he came with a rather unique resume item. Speers, a linguist and software ...

With the birth of his son 15 years ago, dedicated linguist dâÄôArmond Speers embarked on the ultimate experiment: He spoke to him only in Klingon âÄî the language of the alien race of âÄúStar TrekâÄù ...

Trekkies looking to translate the famous Klingon battle cry Heghlu’meH QaQ jajvam! -- or any other phrase from the fictional alien race’s language -- will soon have a new tool at their disposal.

According to Klingon Language Institute, linguist Marc Okrand was called in to develop the language, which started as “guttural shouts.” His work led to the publication of The Klingon Dictionary in ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Why learn French when you could learn Klingon? The language created more than 30 years ago for the "Star Trek" race of long-haired warriors has moved boldly into pop culture ...

Twenty-four hours after Avatar appeared in theaters, the Web site Language Log was teeming with comments about Na’vi, the alien tongue spoken in the film. The site is always lively, but it was ...

Michael Dorn as Lieutenant Worf in Star Trek: The Next Generation There's something missing from J.J. Abrams' reboot of the moribund Star Trek franchise, and that something is Klingon. I mean Klingon ...

Klingon cosplayers preen during a convention in September 2012. The Language Creation Society is challenging Paramount's claim to the tongue in support of a "Star Trek" fan film the studio is trying ...

If someone invents a language and people start to use it, who owns it? Last year Paramount and CBS filed a lawsuit against a production company preparing to make a crowdfunded Star Trek fan film ...