Marc Okrand

Marc Okrand is an American linguist who created the Klingon language for the Star Trek franchise and wrote its first reference grammar and dictionary.

Klingon language: Klingon is a constructed language created for the Star Trek franchise, with a distinctive grammar and vocabulary. Okrand designed this language and established the forms used by its speakers.
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock: Star Trek III: The Search for Spock is a 1984 film in which Klingon dialogue helped establish the language on screen. Okrand developed Klingon dialogue for this film, his first major work on the language.
James Doohan: James Doohan was a Canadian actor best known for playing Montgomery Scott in Star Trek. Doohan improvised the first Klingon words heard on screen before Okrand developed the language.
Esperanto: Esperanto is an international auxiliary language created by L. L. Zamenhof and published in 1887. Unlike Esperanto’s planned international role, Klingon was designed for a fictional culture.
The Klingon Dictionary: The Klingon Dictionary is Marc Okrand’s reference work on Klingon grammar and vocabulary, first published in 1985. It made Okrand’s language available as a systematic reference.
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier: Star Trek V: The Final Frontier is a 1989 film featuring Klingon dialogue created by Marc Okrand. Okrand’s language appears in dialogue for this later Star Trek film.
David Barron: David Barron is a linguist and language consultant who has worked on fictional languages for film and television. Barron’s later Star Trek language work followed the path Okrand established.
Na’vi: Na’vi is a constructed language created by Paul Frommer for the Avatar franchise. Na’vi shares Klingon’s screen origins but was designed for a different fictional society.
Klingon grammar: Klingon grammar is the system of word formation, sentence structure, and other rules governing the Klingon language. Okrand gave Klingon a consistent grammar, including its unusual word order.
Klingon Shakespeare Restoration Project: The Klingon Shakespeare Restoration Project presents Shakespeare plays translated into Klingon, including a version of Hamlet. Okrand contributed to the Klingon translation of Hamlet.

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