History
The KLI was founded in 1992 in Flourtown, Pennsylvania.
Each year in midsummer, the annual meeting named qep'a' takes place. It is open to anyone who is interested in the Klingon language, and usually takes place in the United States. The eighth meeting was held in Europe, in Brussels (Belgium) in 2001. At these meetings, attendees talk about Klingon and in Klingon in a school-like style, with lessons, lectures and exercises. It is usually at a professional level and cannot be compared to a standard science fiction convention. Parallel to this annual meeting, many members of the KLI also organize their own "small meetings", in Klingon called qepHom, which are informal and local small gatherings to practice the Klingon language.
At the qep'a' of the year 2003, a documentary movie about the KLI was produced. Its name is Earthlings: Ugly Bags of Mostly Water. This movie was presented at the Cannes Film Festival in France, and was shown at theaters few years after.
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