Learn to speak Klingon! Klingon for beginners - Ideas

In “From Elvish to Klingon,” a new collection of essays edited by Michael Adams (author of “Slang: The People’s Poetry”), the contributors explore the scope of invented languages. The collection shows clearly what makes invented languages fascinating—their logic, beauty, fun, and (often) high moral purpose. But it leaves aside a bigger question: what makes them catch on—or fail to?