klingon_story1-10  Exercise 3: Is Klingon a Real Language?
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Any reasoned position is acceptable if the term "real" is defined first.
Two model answers:

FOR (definition: a system of sounds, vocabulary and grammar that people can
actually use to communicate):
  - Okrand documented a sound system, grammar and about 1,500 words.
  - Speakers have conversed, staged plays and translated book-length works.
  - A certification system tests it, so users can be told right from wrong.

AGAINST (definition: a language acquired naturally by a community across
generations):
  - There are no native speakers; every speaker learned it as an adult.
  - Only Okrand's words are canon, so one person controls its growth.
  - Fluent speakers number perhaps dozens to low hundreds.

Both can be defended; the point is that the answer depends on the definition.