It is mandatory that the highest ranking officers on a Federation ship, for example the captain, first and second officers of the ship, know Klingon. Even if they do not speak the language perfectly, the basics of the Klingon language are taught at the Academy. They must also know basic things about Klingon culture. Star Trek Starfleet Command Star Trek. Live the experience. | Star Trek: Klingon. Language & culture.

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Klingon ceremonies. Punishments. Discommendation: Discommendation is a legal penalty in the Klingon Empire in which an individual is ceremonially shunned, stripped of honor, and severely reduced in social status with few rights in Klingon society. Additionally, the individual's family is shunned, as well as his descendants seven generations hence. Ceremony: The ceremony in which this punishment is meted out was simple. The Klingon about to be discommended would state, "tlhIH ghIj jIHyoj." ("I fe