The Sounds Of Consonance

Mark A. Mandel © 2002
ttto McNamara's Band


The friendly folks at Interfilk have brought me as your guest.
I've promised in return that I will do my filkin' best.
So while I'm here in front of you I'd like to take this chance
To give you my impression of the sounds of Consonance:

There's...
P and B and F and V and M and W
T, D, N, S, Z, R, L, and both TH-es, too
There's CH, SH, Y, and J, and S in "casual"
And when I add NG, G, K, and H, I've got them all.

[tune of last 2 lines]
    I've catalogued in English every consonantal sound
    But if I start on Klingon, all the front row will be drowned!

[for encore]
There's pIp and beb and vav and mum, and then there's waw' as well,
tat, nIn, SuS, and DoD and tlhetlh, and likewise rur and lel.
There's chech and jaj and yay', and also ngong and ghogh and HoH,
And then, to finish up the set, there's 'I' and qaq and QoQ.

    I've rattled off the consonants of English and KlingON,
    But if you want the vowels, you'll have to send me to VowelCon!


The Klingon language, as created by Dr. Marc Okrand for Paramount and studied by the Klingon Language Institute, has no official names for the sounds or letters; these names are my inventions. Each is a real Klingon word beginning and ending with the consonant sound being named.

pIp spine
beb roof
vav father
mum taste, sense flavors
waw' base (military)
tat ion
nIn fuel
SuS wind, breeze
DoD mark (in coordinates)
tlhetlh to progress
rur resemble
lel take out
chech be drunk
jaj day (cycle)
yay' be shocked
ngong experiment
ghogh voice
HoH kill
'I' armpit
qaq be preferable
QoQ music


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