Movie ‘Earthlings’ studies those who study Klingon

Earthlings: Ugly Bags of Mostly Water (imdb.com entry) is a documentary about the Klingon Language Institute (site, including Klingon E-cards) and the language and science-fiction aficianados who speak Star Trek‘s invented Klingon language. Fortean Times: The World of Strange Phenomena has an interview with the documentary’s producer and director(forteantimes.com/exclusive/marchiori.shtml) [EDIT (5/29/10): dead link] [via lingnews.net (www.lingnews.net/story/135/)]. [EDIT (5/29/10): dead link]

I confess that I’d rather study the naturally developed languages of our planet. However, the process of constructing a language, as linguist Marc Okrand did with Klingon, is fascinating.

See also:

• Official site with trailers
• Google’s Klingon interface
• A blog in Klingon