Romulan language
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The Romulan language is used within the Romulan Star Empire. Its written form consists of square and rectangular letters. By the 22nd century, the Romulan spoken language is no longer mutually intelligeable to Vulcans.
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[edit] Words and phrases
- Chula place name of a valley on Romulus(TNG: "The Defector")
- d'deridex: "warbird", a term designating Romulan Starships
- Data refers to the Romulan starships in the episode "Tin Man" as "D'deridex class cruisers" The same type of ships are referred to as a "Warbird class starship" by Picard in The Defector.
- Gol Gathol: a place name on Romulus (TNG: "The Defector")
- jolan true: a salutation, used in the same way as "greetings" and "good-bye". (TNG: "Unification I")
- Tal Shiar: the Romulan intelligence agency/secret police (TNG: "Unification I")
- ulan: a rank in the Romulan military (TNG: "The Defector")
- veruul: an expletive.
- Commander Will Riker was familiar with the term, and used it against Alidar Jarok, when the Romulan disparaged Lieutenant Worf. (TNG: "The Defector")
- viinerine: a type of food (TNG: "Face of the Enemy")
- Vorta'Vor: the source of all creation. (Star Trek V: The Final Frontier)
[edit] Language samples
Part of a Romulan self-destruct countdown aboard a Romulan Warbird:
Romulan ultimatum to the Enterprise inside an annexed star system:
- Uhn kan'aganna! Tehca zuhn ruga'noktan!
- Uhn Kan'aganna! Tehca zuhn! Neemasta kan'aganna uckwazta!
- Kuhn'ukchtacht zuhn vockwadai!
- Bar'ak t'stu annankana. (ENT: "Minefield")
[edit] Apocrypha
- In Diane Duane's novel The Romulan Way, the Romulan language is said to be related to the Vulcan language. This suggests that during the Exodus of the Romulans, they abandoned most things Vulcan. "One thing they agreed on quickly was that they could not stop being Vulcan while they still spoke the language." In order to rectify this problem, the Romulans went back to old or "High" Vulcan and "aged" the language in another direction.
- In the novel Vulcan's Heart, Spock notices Romulans cursing in old Vulcan.
- The Romulan language font is called Kzhad, and was created by Monte Thrasher based on the shapes of LED displays.
