Bajoran language

The Bajoran language (also known as Modern Bajoran) was spoken and written language of the Bajorans of Bajor. It was descended from Ancient Bajoran.
Ro Laren commended Jean-Luc Picard on having improved his Bajoran between her time on the and 2401. () 
== Written language ==
The Bajoran written language consisted of square symbols composed of thick lines. Bajoran tended to be written in horizontal lines, although it could be written vertically. ()
Bajoran writing was said to be ideographic, in that each character represented a single thought or word. Most forms of written Bajoran shared some root ideograms, as evidenced by the Reckoning Tablet. Each ancient Bajoran symbol translated into a pair of nearly identical modern Bajoran symbols. () 
By 2259, Starfleet officer Nyota Uhura was familiar with the Bajoran language. She considered it while trying to translate glyphs inscribed on a time portal found on Krulmuth-B, though the language was eventually determined to be ancient Nausicaan. ()
A crossword puzzle in Carl's anachronistic copy of The Star Dispatch included Bajoran script. ()
Keiko O'Brien's classroom featured a chart depicting the English, the Ferengi, the Cardassian, and the Bajoran alphabets. The chart listed some twenty-five Bajoran language symbols. ()
File:Bajoran script glyph comparison.png|Bajoran script comparison
File:Duranja.jpg|On a duranja prayer lamp
File:Bajoran PADD.jpg|Bajoran & English script on a PADD
File:Bajoran weapon scope.jpg|On a Bajoran weapon scope
File:Ziyal found on Dozaria.jpg|Bajoran binoculars view
== Words and phrases ==
*Amoran – banished ()
*Baleekam / Balleek – "go away" or "get lost!" ()
*Bantaca – name for a traditional spire made out of thousands of interlocked stones, marked with the coordinates of the town or city they represent ()
*Boryhas – term for spirits or souls of the dead ()
*D'jarra – ancient Bajoran caste system ()
*Duranja – lamp for the dead: candle suspended by chains from four pillars ()
*Ha'Dara – Home of light ()
*Ha'mara – religious festival to celebrate the arrival of the Emissary of the Prophets ()
*Itanu – ceremony carried out when a child reaches the age of fourteen ()
*Kejal – freedom ()
*Kosst – to be ()
*Peldor Joi – greeting used during the Gratitude Festival ()
*Shawn – swamp, rhymes with Irish name Seán ()
=== Religious terms ===
*Ranjen – a , usually a title given as an honor ()
*Prylar – a monk or priest ()
*Vedek – a senior member of the Bajoran clergy ()
*Kai – a leader of the Bajoran clergy ()
*Kosst Amojan – also known as Koss'moran, another name for the Pah-wraiths; translates as the banished ones ()
*Pagh – the life energy, eternal energy or soul of a person (, et al.)
*Pagh'tem'far – a sacred vision granted by the Prophets ()
=== Measurements ===
*Kellipate – a measure of distance () 
*Tessipate – a measure of land area used on Bajor ()
*Kerripate – a fraction of a tessipate ()
== Examples of spoken language ==
;Raka-ja ut shala morala... ema bo roo kana... uranak... ralanon (NAME)... propeh va nara ehsuk shala-kan vunek... 
:Do not let him walk alone... guide him on his journey... protect... the one named (NAME)... take him into the gates of heaven...
:Duranja lamp prayer for the recently deceased. ()
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;Ahn-kay ya, ay-ya vasu. Coh-ma-ra, di-nay-ya...
:Bajoran death chant, repeated over and over again for approximately three hours. ()
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;Tesra Peldor impatri bren. Bentel vetan ullon sten...
:Presiders address at the Gratitude Festival. ()
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;Jia'kaja, tre'nu'tol'a rem... La'por i'lanu kos... I'nar tan'a'tali nor...
:Prayer to the prophets asking for protection or favor. ()
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;Zhia'kala, tar'eh anu suur... te'von, aka'lu rez... ka'vor, mat'ana kel...
:Marriage blessing by the Emissary. ()
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;Boray pree hadokee. Tolata impara boresh. Preeya (GROOM'S NAME), Preeya (BRIDE'S NAME), abrem varo atel...
:Traditional marriage blessing used in conjunction with a simple ceremony. ()
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;Lata impara no takash... Veshanoo yavar ha iktasho.
:With humility and gratitude, we accept this gift... the sacred Orb of Prophecy.
::Orb blessing prayer. ()
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;(Prayer leader) Tera dak ihsehelm ran embah... 
;(ALL) de-ram ta-MEEN! 
:Chanted by Kai Winn and fellow Bajorans in the hours before the Reckoning. ()
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;Dabaldor rut gahar sahay ut see-grem faren.
:An ego that would lead to you betray me. ()
== Appendices ==
=== Background information ===
The spoken Bajoran language was often written by Ronald D. Moore. "I just make it up," he laughed. "I do it phonetically so it has a certain rhythm and sound in my head that I can tag as the way Bajorans sound." In scripts, Moore also provided an English translation of each verbalized use of the language, for the benefit of the actors. ()
The Bajoran script was designed by Doug Drexler, who was senior scenic artist for Deep Space Nine. 
A Bajoran navigation device used in that featured Bajoran script was auctioned as part of the It's A Wrap! sale and auction. 
=== External link ===
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