The Klingon language is the language of fictional Klingons in the Star Trek universe. The language’s basic sound, along with a few words, was first devised by actor James Doohan (“Scotty”) for Star Trek: The Motion Picture. It is the constructed language that film marked the first time the language had been heard on screen. In all previous appearances, Klingons spoke in English. Klingon was subsequently developed by Okrand into a full-fledged language. A small number of people are capable of conversing in Klingon.
Kayah/ Kayah Li belongs to the Sino-Tibetan language family and is spoken by about 590,000 people in the Kayah and Karen states of Burma (Myanmar) and is also a member of Karen branch. The language and people who speak it are known as Western Kayah, Karenni, Karennyi, Red Karen, Yang Daeng or Karieng Daeng. The name Kayah is a new name invented by the Burmese to tear them off from other Karen. Eastern Kayah is reported to have been spoken by 260,000 people in Burma and 100,000 in Thailand in 2000, and Western Kayah by 210,000 in Burma in 1987.
Kannada or Kanarese is a language spoken in India predominantly in the state of Karnataka. Kannada, whose native speakers are called Kannadigas and number roughly 38 million, is one of the 40 most spoken languages in the world. It is one of the scheduled languages of India and the official and administrative language of the state of Karnataka.
The Kamba language, also known as Kikamba, is a Bantu language and it is spoken by the Kamba people of Kenya. It has lexical similarities to some other Bantu languages. It is spoken by around 5,000 people in Tanzania. It is spoken in four major regions of Kamba land which are Machakos, Mwingi, Kitui and Makueni. The Machakos is considered to be the best of the four dialects and it has been used to translate the Bible.
The Kalmyk language belongs to the Kalmyk-Oirat subgroup of Mongolic languages. There are around 500,000 speakers of this language in Russia, Western China and Western Mongolia. Kalmyk was first written in the Uyghur script. However, later its alphabets were created using the Classical Mongolian Script. Also, Kalmyks in Russia adopted the Cyrillic alphabets.
The Kadazan language is widely spoken at the West Coast of Sabah by the Kadazan people. It is the primary language spoken by the Kadazan ethnic group. There are around 60,000 native speakers of Kadazan language. The use of the Kadazan language has been declining.
Kachin is a Berber language and it is spoken by the Kachin people. There are around 3,123,000 speakers of this language, most of who are in Algeria. During the 20th century, the Latin and Tifinagh alphabets were adapted to write Kachin. Kachin has no official status in Algeria but it is taught in schools in Kachin speaking areas.
Kabyle is a Berber language and it is spoken by the Kabyle people. There are around 3,123,000 speakers of this language, most of who are in Algeria. During the 20th century, the Latin and Tifinagh alphabets were adapted to write Kabyle. Kabyle has no official status in Algeria but it is taught in schools in Kabyle speaking areas.
Jin also known as Shanxinese has 48 million native speakers. Jin was universally considered to be a dialect of Mandarin Chinese, until 1985, Li Rong proposed that Jin should be considered a separate top- level grouping, similar to Cantonese or Wu Chinese. Jin is spoken most of in Shanxi province, except for the lower Fen River valley; much of central Inner Mongolia; as well as adjourning areas in Henan, Hebei and Shaanxi provinces.
Javanese belongs to the Austronesian family of languages. It is spoken by the Javanese people in the Java Island, in Indonesia. There are around 75,500,000 speakers of this language. It is related to Indonesian and other Malay languages.
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