An'dorian

While less well known than the officially sanctioned Klingon language, An'dorian is as richly developed and represents the language of the blue-skinned Andorians from the original Star Trek TV series. Over 3000 words are defined, along with a grammar and sample texts. Andorian has eight noun classes and an elaborate TMA system. [Spence Hill]

Darmok

Darmok is a language that foiled the Universal Translator in a Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, because all statements consist of allusions to old legends. [Raphael Carter]

Ferengi

Ferengi is another language that Timothy Miller has invented for a Star Trek race of aliens (the other is Cardassian). Perhaps Miller hopes to become the next Marc Okrand (inventor of Klingon, and the only language modeler to be making much money from his invention). Miller has detailed the grammar and lexicon of Ferengi, as well as the alphabet. [Timothy Miller]

Golic Vulcan

With no canonical Vulcan to rival Klingon (and with Gene Roddenberry never developing much more than the naming conventions and a few words), Star Trek fans have been creating their own versions of the language: Marketa Zvelebil's Modern Standard Vulcan, Mark R. Gardner's Golic Vulcan and Joel Anderson's Vulcan. [Gene Roddenberry]

Kardasi

The language of the Cardassians of Star Trek: Deep Space 9, used by some Cardassian roleplayers. The vocabulary is entirely invented, and the grammar is primarily Russian/Slavic, with a little Hebrew thrown in. The lexicon has over 3,500 words, and the site features sample texts and a unique script. [Esther Schrager]

Kardasi

This is an unofficial language for the Cardassians, a race of aliens that are key to the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine series. [Timothy Miller]

Klingon

The most popular fictional language today, with more speakers and more enthusiasts than even Tolkien's Quenya. Okrand invented the Klingon language for Star Trek, and there are many commercial products available to help with learning the language, including a dictionary, audiotapes and a multimedia software tutor. [James Doohan, Marc Okrand]

Klingonaase

Klingonaase was the original Klingon language developed by John M. Ford in his Pocket Books Star Trek novel The Final Reflection. This novel, while considered "non-canon" by Paramount, was the first to show the Klingons as more than cardboard villains, favorably showing their honor-bound culture. By doing so, it paved the way for everything that followed -- Worf on ST:TNG and the Klingon language by Marc Okrand. Before this book, Klingons got no respect. [John M. Ford]

Odonien

Odonien is the language spoken by the Odonans, an alien race introduced by the author in his Star Trek fan fiction. When creating the language, he intentionally violated as many language universals as possible in order to produce a more alien language. Odonien was designed as an OSV language, and does not use prepositions or postpositions. Instead, it divides all nouns into adjuncts to nouns and verbs, and uses case particles to indicate the relationships. The aim of Odonien is to make sentences as succinct as possible. The language has a unique script, a primer and approximately a thousand words. [Steve Oostrom]

Risan

Analysis by Star Trek background crew, breakdown done by Kári Emil Helgason. This is a language made for a dialogue in the Star Trek: Enterprise episode"Two Days and Two Nights" and has been used for naming of people and things in Star Trek's past. Occasional Indo-European-like words slide in. [Kári Emil Helgason]

Romulan

Another unofficial Star Trek language. Phrase-generating software is available. [Diane Duane]

Tamarian

This mythometaphorical language was inspired by the "Darmok" episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation.

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12 languages listed.
Updated on July 23, 2005 at 4:09 PM (GMT-5).