Can a child learn a fictional language as their native tongue?
In short: This video explores the experiment of Dr. d’Armond Speers, a computational linguist who attempted to raise his son as a native speaker of Klingon, a constructed language from Star Trek.
The experiment was driven by Speers' fascination with constructed languages, which he discovered via a flyer for the Klingon Language Institute (KLI) while studying linguistics at Georgetown. Founded by Dr. Larence M. Schoen, the KLI represents a thriving community of language enthusiasts who are often motivated by a love for linguistics rather than Star Trek fandom.
Speers' interest in the project stemmed from the unique challenge of a non-natural language, viewing the endeavor as a fascinating linguistic opportunity.
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