Ill Met By Moonlight

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trekking-through-life asked:

Hey! I haven't watched ds9 in ages, but I recently got some nice comments on an old abandoned fic so I'm back in trying to finish it (or at least make progress). With that said, is Kardasi the name of the Cardassian language? The wiki just calls it "Cardassian Language." I found a tumblr blog that used "Kardasi," but I figured you'd know as the resident Cardassian expert.

I always go by Kardasi, though that is pretty much exclusively fanon. I believe the term was coined by @tinsnip and @feltalures for their conlang. I tend to use a mix of their take on Cardassian language and some of my own devising, but I just think the term Kardasi sounds nice and natural for a species with (presumably) reptilian ancestry.

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Learn the Alien Languages of Star Trek: a Masterpost

[languageadventurer]

Vulcan (Vulkhansu)

• Vulcan Language Research Project
  
• Vulcan Language Dictionary
  
• Vulcan Writing Systems at Omniglot
• Korsaya
  
• Vulcan Language at Memory Alpha
  
• Vulcan Language Institute
• Vulcan Language Official Tumblr (No longer active, but still good info)

Cardassian (Kardasi)

• Cardassian Language Tumblr
  
• Kardasi Dictionary
• Kardasi Grammar Summary
• Cardassian Writing System Part 1
• Cardassian Writing System Part 2
• Cardassian Writing System Part 3 (Numbers)
• Kardasi Quizlet Class
• Cardassian Language at Memory Alpha

Klingon (Klingonese)

• KlingonTeacher on Youtube
  
• Learn Klingon Facebook Group
  
• Klingon Teachings 
  
• Klingonska
  
• The Klingon-English Dictionary by Marc Okrand PDF
  
• Klingon Language at Memory Alpha
• Duolingo Klingon Course
  
• Klingon Language Institute
• Klingon Language Assistant App (For Android Phones only)
• Klingon for the Galactic Traveler by Marc Okrand
• Conversational Klingon by Marc Okrand
  
• Power Klingon by Marc Okrand
  

Romulan (Rihannsu)

• Imperial Romulan Language Institute
  
• Romulan Writing System on Omniglot
• Central Institute of the Romulan Language
  
• Romulan Language and Culture Institute
  
• Romulan-English Dictionary
• Romulan Language at Memory Alpha

Ferengi

• Ferengi Language at Memory Alpha
• Ferengi Writing System Part 1
  
• Ferengi Writing System Part 2
  

Bajoran

• Bajoran Language Project
• The Bajoran Language File
• Bajoran-English Dictionary
• Bajoran Language at Memory Alpha

Trill

• Trill Language at Memory Alpha
  
• Trill Language at Holowiki (Not sure how accurate this is)

Dominionese

• Dominionese at Memory Alpha
  

Borg

• Borg Language at Memory Alpha
  

Andorian

• Andorian-English Dictionary
  
• Andorian Language at Memory Alpha
• Andorian Languages at Memory Beta
  

[mia-cooper]

This is the post I’ve been looking for all my life.

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[dominionese-resource]

Fun fact: fruit is associated with the false reproductive organs of the Vorta. Therefore, if you see the “qi” used as part of a word or phrase, it is about as likely to be about sex as it is to be about food.

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[dominionese-resource]

I want to translate every line spoken by a Dominion species in the series, but that’s a huge project, so I think I’ll do it in little pieces whenever I feel like it. So, here’s one:

The Dominion has endured for two thousand years, and will continue to endure long after the Federation has crumbled into dust.

Nonau tchemaroyokai na'tona-yokaro miya, fa nonama zhuyu mouhashiyama federeishan om.

• nonu - to endure
• na'tona - two thousand
• yokaro - year
• miya - for (period of time)
• zhuyu - to repeat, to continue
• mou - until
• hashiyu - to disintigrate, to decay
• om - after

[ladyvean]

I would pay good money to hear Jeffy say this.

[Ill Met By Moonlight]

I think one of the reasons I love the idea of posture and body language as a secondary characteristic of Cardassian language is that, in addition to the fact that we know they have weaker hearing than humans, the actors that portray Cardassians (for the main part) seem to really use their body language to communicate more so than some that play other species.  Marc as Dukat is unyielding, Casey as Damar shows a lot of pride and arrogance, and Andy as Garak is very fluid.

Thoughts?

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A useful Klingon phrase

[elitlh]

Sa’HutwIj naQ HISop

Eat my entire ass

[annaknitsspock]

In case you need to say this to a Vulcan, ironically or not (looking at you, Kirk), here you go:

Yokul'uh elkhrul-pla'kruslar t'nash-veh

[murdereratthematinee]

Romulan: 

sparae arham en aehf

[dominionese-resource]

Dominionese:

Qithaishau talsenya hovu.

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[dominionese-resource]

Rendering request for @ladyvean. 

Sen, omataisenu faqe.

“Fuck you and every clone of you.” From this post. 

Note that when using the (+) connection marks, there is no space between the words. Also notice that faqe, ending with the short e, is a different letter than the long e in sen. Most words ending in e use the short e. 

[ladyvean]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Looks incredible.  Thank you so much for your hard work!  I love it.

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@itsweyounsburgernow

Profanity - now in Dominionese!

So, it’s much more intricate than Kardasi and therefore much more challenging to paint.  I hope you like it!

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[dominionese-resource]

Just for fun, another dirty idiom:

Kamaran tenaka kamara.

“[They’re] just rubbing crotches”; To perform a useless, futile, or frivolous task. To waste time. As the Vorta are reproductively null, this activity would indeed be fruitless. Lit, “Uniting one false sex-organ with another.”