Proper noun
Okrand (plural Okrands)
A surname.
When initially developed, Paramount Pictures (owners of the Star Trek franchise ) wanted the Klingon language to be guttural and harsh and Okrand wanted it to be unusual, so he selected sounds that combined in ways not generally found in other languages. Source: Internet
Described in the 1985 book The Klingon Dictionary by Marc Okrand and deliberately designed to sound "alien", it has a number of typologically uncommon features. Source: Internet
Okrand himself has stated that a design principle of the Klingon language was dissimilarity to existing natural languages in general, and English in particular. Source: Internet
However, Klingon as described on television is often not entirely congruous with the Klingon developed by Okrand. Source: Internet
Klingon was subsequently developed by Okrand into a full-fledged language. Source: Internet