Friend of Maltz

Becoming a member of the Order of the Friends of Maltz is an honor bestowed upon Klingonists who have demonstrated exceptional support for the Klingon language in general and the Klingon Language Institute in particular. The honoree receives a certificate suitable for framing and is granted the reward of asking for a word or concept to be expressed in Klingon.

Introduction

The KLI's director Lawrence M. Schoen explained it this way in HolQeD (1):

Several years ago, the efforts of a handful of preeminent scholars of tlhIngan Hol was acknowledged at the qep'a' by the creation of a group named "The Friends of Maltz." Inducion into this order bestowed a singular benefit: the opportunity to request of Maltz the Klingon rendering of a specific word. Often, when the desired term was presented to him, Maltz has been quite generous in his reply the linguistic community has benefited accordingly. Maltz continues his rather solitary lifestyle, but has agreed to respond to the occasional query from his friends. Here then is the first of what we hope will be many commentaries inspired by one of Maltz's friends.

Friends of Maltz

Friend	Award event	date	Source	Reason for award	Discovered word
Alan Anderson	qep'a' javDIch	1999	(2)	-	discovering how to talk about jealousy
William Martin	qep'a' javDIch	1999	(3)	-	-
Mark Shoulson	qep'a' javDIch	1999	(4)	-	-
Rich Yampell	qep'a' javDIch	1999	(5)	-	-
d'Armond Speers	qep'a' javDIch	1999	(6)	-	words for "time period ago" and "time period from now"
Nick Nicholas	qep'a' SochDIch	2000	(7)	-	words for "cousin"
Robyn Stewart	qep'a' chorghDIch	2001	(8)	-	talk about flying, in particular about "attitudes and movements" of aircraft
Eric Andeen	qep'a' chorghDIch	2001	(9)	-	"bird" and related vocabulary
Jeremy Cowan	qep'a' cha'maH wejDIch	2016	(10)	running the qep'a' multiple times	words for "draw a weapon" and "holster"
Chris Lipscombe	qep'a' cha'maH wejDIch	2016	(11)	work on KLI website	words for "virtual reality software"
Lieven L. Litaer	qep'a' cha'maH wejDIch	2016	(12)	spreading Klingon in Germany, his new book	words for "be tame, be domesticated" and talking about "sunset/sunrise"
Robyn Stewart	qep'a' cha'maH wejDIch	2016	(13)	For creating the KLI online course	the word for "colorful" and "colorless"

The certificate (FMC)

The certificate was vetted by Okrand and published by Lawrence M. Schoen in HolQeD ^{[citation needed]}.

tlhIngan Hol Danummo' pIquvmoH.
tlhIngan Hol yejHaD Datoy'mo' pInaD.
DaHjaj matlh jupna' pIpong.

Because you promote the Klingon language, we honor you.
Because you serve the Klingon Language Institute, we commend you.
Today we name you a true friend of Maltz.

Marc Okrand
matlh jupna' wa'DIch
[untranslated: First friend of Maltz ]

Lawrence M. Schoen
tlhIngan Hol yejHaD DevwI''a'
[untranslated: Main leader of the Klingon Language Institute ]

See also

• Maltz

References

1 : HolQeD, vol. 10 issue 2, June 2001, p. 7-11

2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 : HolQeD, vol. 8 issue 3, September 1999, p. 2-4

7 : HolQeD, vol. 9 issue 3, September 2000, p. 8-10

8 : HolQeD, vol. 11 issue 2, June 2002, p. 8-9

9 : HolQeD, vol. 10 issue 4, December 2001, p. 4-5

10 , 11 , 12 , 13 : Message on Facebook in group "Learn Klingon" of 25 July 2016 by Chris Lipscombe