Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
In many cases, from German Klingen, via Russian Клинген (Klingen) (many bearers in 1900s US censuses are recorded as being from Russia). Compare the various spellings of the related surname Klingon Smith (more commonly Klingensmith, Klingenschmitt, Klingenschmidt).
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[Alt: Photograph of two people in Klingon costume] c. 1960s, from the Star Trek franchise, purportedly by Gene Roddenberry, named for Lieutenant Wilbur Clingan of the Los Angeles Police Department. In-universe, the name was a transcription of Klingon tlhIngan.
SPOCK: Captain, we've reached the designated position for scanning the coded directive tape. KIRK: Good. We've both guessed right. Negotiations with the Klingon Empire are on the verge of breaking down. Starfleet Command anticipates a surprise attack. We are to proceed to Organia and take whatever steps are necessary to prevent the Klingons from using it as a base.1967 March 23, Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, Errand of Mercy (Star Trek: The Original Series), Paramount Domestic Television, →OCLC:
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Klingonesque · Klingonese · Klingonian · Klingonish
ja クリンゴン人 (member of an alien warrior race in the Star Trek universe) · it klingoniano (member of an alien warrior race in the Star Trek universe) · pl Klingonka (member of an alien warrior race in the Star Trek universe) · ru клингонец (member of an alien warrior race in the Star Trek universe) · ko 클링온 (member of an alien warrior race in the Star Trek universe) · it klingon (member of an alien warrior race in the Star Trek universe) · pt klingon (member of an alien warrior race in the Star Trek universe) · eo klingono (member of an alien warrior race in the Star Trek universe) · it klingoniana (member of an alien warrior race in the Star Trek universe) · cs Klingon (member of an alien warrior race in the Star Trek universe) · pl Klingon (member of an alien warrior race in the Star Trek universe) · cmn 克林貢 /克林贡 (member of an alien warrior race in the Star Trek universe) · hu klingon (member of an alien warrior race in the Star Trek universe) · ja クリンゴンじん (member of an alien warrior race in the Star Trek universe) · sv klingon (member of an alien warrior race in the Star Trek universe) · ru клингонка (member of an alien warrior race in the Star Trek universe) · ru клингон (member of an alien warrior race in the Star Trek universe) · sh клингонка (member of an alien warrior race in the Star Trek universe) · fr Klingon (member of an alien warrior race in the Star Trek universe) · fi klingon (member of an alien warrior race in the Star Trek universe) · ro klingonian (member of an alien warrior race in the Star Trek universe) · el Κλίγκον (member of an alien warrior race in the Star Trek universe) · de Klingone (member of an alien warrior race in the Star Trek universe) · tr Klingon (member of an alien warrior race in the Star Trek universe) · sh клингонац (member of an alien warrior race in the Star Trek universe) · mr क्लिंगॉन (member of an alien warrior race in the Star Trek universe) · de Klingonin (member of an alien warrior race in the Star Trek universe)
[Alt: Photograph of two people in Klingon costume] c. 1960s, from the Star Trek franchise, purportedly by Gene Roddenberry, named for Lieutenant Wilbur Clingan of the Los Angeles Police Department. In-universe, the name was a transcription of Klingon tlhIngan.
You might be familiar with more a priori conlangs than you think: The Klingon language from the television series "Star Trek," the Na’vi language from the movie "Avatar," and the Dothraki language from the television series "Game of Thrones" are all examples of a priori languages.2012 October 31, Laura Wright, “UT Language Creation Society invites students to learn origins of newer languages”, in The Daily Texan, Austin, Tex.: Texas Student Media, University of Texas at Austin, published 8 April 2013, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Aug 2020:
The years roll by as they always do, and more examples of pIqaD usage for Klingon have been coming to light. Does this still not count as usage?2016, Mark Shoulson, “pIqaD (Klingon) and its Usage”, in Unicode, archived from the original on 24 Aug 2021, page 1:
fr klingon (the language) · tr Klingonca (the language) · ru клингонский (the language) · no klingonsk (the language) · da klingonsk (the language) · ga Tliongáinis (the language) · cs klingonština (the language) · ro klingoniană (the language) · mr क्लिंगॉन (the language) · chr ᏟᎦᎾ (the language) · it Klingon (the language) · fi klingon (the language) · eo la klingona (the language) · cy klingon (the language) · de Klingonisch (the language) · sh клингонски (the language) · ar كْلِينْغُونِيَّة (the language) · it Klingoniano (the language) · bg клингонски (the language) · ca klingon (the language) · pl język klingoński (the language) · nl Klingon (the language) · el γλώσσα Κλίγκον (the language) · sv klingonska (the language) · hu klingon (the language) · cmn 克林貢語 /克林贡语 (the language) · cs klingonský (the language) · pt klingon (the language) · ko 클링온어 (the language) · eo klingona lingvo (the language) · id bahasa klingon (the language) · af Klingon (the language) · sl klingonski (the language) · ja クリンゴン語 (the language) · es klingon (the language) · he קלינגונית (the language)