Hero Complex recently posted excerpts from a Minnesota Daily article that, in part, told the story of a linguist’s endeavor to teach his newborn son a language other than his (the linguist’s) own native tongue.
The linguist, d’Armond Speers, spoke one language and one language only to his son from the time of his birth until the son was three years old.
Why am I telling you this story, you wonder? Because the language the linguist spoke exclusively to his son was Klingon, the language of the fictional alien race of the same name from Star Trek.
The linguist, d’Armond Speers, spoke one language and one language only to his son from the time of his birth until the son was three years old.
Why am I telling you this story, you wonder? Because the language the linguist spoke exclusively to his son was Klingon, the language of the fictional alien race of the same name from Star Trek.
From the original article by Tara Bannow:
“I was interested in the question of whether my son, going through his first language acquisition process, would acquire it like any human language,” Speers said. “He was definitely starting to learn it.”
I am pleased to report that the story has a happy ending, because, as Bannow writes:
“His son is now in high school and doesn’t speak a word of Klingon.”
I wonder how the kid’s Romulan is coming along?
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