In the application for studying the languages ​​of Duolingo, Klingon and language courses from "Star Trek" appeared

Polygote geeks, if you are   already speak English and   Chinese, then   here's the news for you   million. AT   service language learning Duolingo   language of Klingon barbarian warriors from   cult series " Star Trek " .

What the   Klingon

On   this language in   TV series " Star Trek " is spoken by the civilization of the Klingons   - Humanoid warriors . Their   language for the series created by linguist Mark Okrand. The first non-sketches of Mark were so much liked by the creators of the series that the sound that Paramount studio ordered from   He developed a full-fledged Klingon language for the show. Okrand used the outline of Duhan and   combined them   from   elements of the languages ​​of the Indians of North America, and   also with   fragments of Sanskrit, thanks to which the language received a well-developed grammar, syntax and   enough volumetric dictionary.

FROM   1992 in   The United States even exists the Klingon Language Institute in   which   Klingon translated several works of Shakespeare and   even released a couple of textbooks. But   not   looking at   all the efforts of its authors, in   the Klingon world knows exactly one hundred geeks with   heap of free time.

What about the course?

Now here on   Duolingo there was a course of English-Klingon . It is clear that for the sake of fun and   attract attention. However,   less, to create the course attracted hundreds of fans of the series, which pulled up the Klingon base. Then to   the idea of ​​connecting linguists and   specialists on   preparation of language courses. After all this was packed and   hair dressed appeared on   Duolingo. According to the creators of the service, to test it for   thousands of registered users helped voluntarily. A   on   all about all it took almost 3 years of work.

The course includes   itself as teaching phonetics, and   basic lexicon and   grammar. The course itself can be of   link .

And in June Duolingo promises to roll out a course of Valerian language from   " Games of Thrones ".

Source: thenextweb