Curiosity Daily Podcast: Klingon and Esperanto Are Important Languages, Too

Episode Show Notes:

In addition to her first-level certification in Klingon, Arika Okrent's education includes an M.A. in Linguistics from Gallaudet, the world's only university for the deaf, and a joint PhD from the Department of Linguistics and the Department of Psychology's Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Program at the University of Chicago.

More from Curiosity:

• ISS Astronauts Speak In A "Space Creole" Called Runglish
• Esperanto Is the World's Universal Language
• The Language You Speak Changes Your Perception Of Time—Literally
• It's Surprisingly Easy To Plant False Memories
• The Norman Conquest Is Why Steak Is "Beef" and Not "Cow"
• The Shocking Socioeconomic Word Gap

Additional resources discussed:

• "In the Land of Invented Languages: Esperanto Rock Stars, Klingon Poets, Loglan Lovers, and the Mad Dreamers Who Tried to Build A Perfect Language"
• Arika Okrent's website
• Lingua Francas, Pidgins, and Creoles
• Development and Use of the Klingon Language
• "J.R.R. Tolkien: A Descriptive Bibliography"
• "The Return of the Shadow: The History of The Lord of the Rings, Part One (The History of Middle-Earth, Vol. 6)"
• "The Treason of Isengard: The History of The Lord of the Rings, Part Two (The History of Middle-Earth, Vol. 7)"
• "The War of the Ring: The History of The Lord of the Rings, Part Three (The History of Middle-Earth, Vol. 8)"
• The Klingon Language Institute's annual conference, qep'a'
• The Whorfian time warp: Representing duration through the language hourglass
• The Whites of Our Eyes (New York Times)
• Qapla'

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