Marc Okrand

Marc Okrand (born 1948; pronounced /ˈmɑrk ˈoʊkrænd/) is an American linguist and is most notable as the creator of the Klingon language. He also designed the Atlantean language featured in the 2001 Disney film Atlantis: The Lost Empire, and was consultant for the 2009 Star Trek film on Vulcan and Romulan languages. His professional interest is in Native American languages.

This article is one of many about Conlangers. Notable modern conlangers: David J. Peterson * Marc Okrand * Mark Rosenfelder * Sally Caves Historically significant conlangers: Hildegard von Bingen * J. R. R. Tolkien * L. L. Zamenhof General Conlangers: Bjorn Bakker * Danny Wier * "Millsaic"