The language's basic sound, along with a few words, was first devised by actor James Doohan ("Scotty") for Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
then they expanded it:
but what about that Klingon alphabet?
For Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) director Leonard Nimoy and writer-producer Harve Bennett wanted the Klingons to speak a proper language instead of made-up gibberish and so commissioned Okrand to develop the phrases Doohan had come up with into a full language.[2] Okrand enlarged the lexicon and developed grammar around the original dozen words Doohan had created.
and then there are factoids on James Doohan...
They based the letters on the Klingon battlecruiser hull markings (three letters) first created by Matt Jefferies and on Tibetan writing because the script has sharp letter forms — used as a testament to the Klingons' love for knives and blades.
he was not Scots, but Canadian, and a veteran of Juno beach...he devised not only Klingon words, but some Vulcan vocabulary...and some of his ashes were placed into orbit as a memorial.
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