Arika Okrent is fluent in English, Hungarian, American sign language and … Klingon. (O.K., so she has only first-level certification in Star Trek–speak.) Okrent, a linguistics scholar, spent the ...

Joining the universe of Star Trek is a lot more than putting on pointy ears or talking into a flip phone. For some, it means getting deep into one of television's most famous alien races: the Klingons ...

The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Clare McConnell, who ...