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[[File:Kukulkan city writing.jpg|thumb|The written language on a wall in [[Kukulkan's city]]]]
Countless different spoken, written, and gestural '''languages''' are used by different [[List of races and cultures|cultures]] throughout [[space]]. Generally, the [[universal translator]] is able to surmount the language barrier between different groups, allowing interstellar society to exist. It is not always successful, however.
 
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''"...the only tool diplomacy has is language."''
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:- '''Hodin''' ({{TOS|The Mark of Gideon}})
   
 
Countless different spoken, written, and gestural '''languages''' were used by different [[cultures]] throughout [[space]]. Generally, [[universal translator|universal translators]] were able to surmount the language barrier between different groups, allowing interstellar society to exist. They were not always successful, however.{{Incite}} The study of language was known as [[linguistics]].
==Languages==
 
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Children often found new languages easier to learn than adults did. ({{TNG|Dark Page}})
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== Languages ==
 
*[[Axanar language|Axanar]]
 
*[[Axanar language|Axanar]]
 
*[[Bajoran language|Bajoran language family]]
 
*[[Bajoran language|Bajoran language family]]
 
**Ancient Bajoran
 
**Ancient Bajoran
 
**Modern Bajoran
 
**Modern Bajoran
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*[[Borg language|Borg]]
 
*[[breen language|Breen]]
 
*[[breen language|Breen]]
 
*[[Cardassian language|Cardassian]]
 
*[[Cardassian language|Cardassian]]
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*[[Haliian language|Haliian]]
 
*[[Haliian language|Haliian]]
 
*[[Human language]]s
 
*[[Human language]]s
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**[[American Sign Language]] (ASL)
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**[[Arabic language|Arabic]]
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**[[Dutch language|Dutch]]
 
**[[English language|English]]
 
**[[English language|English]]
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**[[Finnish language|Finnish]]
 
**[[French language|French]]
 
**[[French language|French]]
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**[[German language|German]]
 
**[[Greek language|Greek]]
 
**[[Greek language|Greek]]
**[[Latin]]
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**[[Hebrew language|Hebrew]]
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**[[Irish language|Irish]]
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**[[Italian language|Italian]]
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**[[Japanese language|Japanese]]
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**[[Latin language|Latin]]
 
**[[Russian language|Russian]]
 
**[[Russian language|Russian]]
**[[Sign language]]
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**[[Scots language|Scots]]
 
**[[Spanish language|Spanish]]
 
**[[Spanish language|Spanish]]
 
**[[Swahili language|Swahili]]
 
**[[Swahili language|Swahili]]
**[[Swedish]]
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**[[Swedish language|Swedish]]
 
*[[Iconian language family]]
 
*[[Iconian language family]]
 
**Dewan
 
**Dewan
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**Iccobar
 
**Iccobar
 
*[[Jaradan language|Jaradan]]
 
*[[Jaradan language|Jaradan]]
*[[Klingon language|Klingon]]
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*[[Klingon language|Klingonese]]
 
*[[Kobali language|Kobali]]
 
*[[Kobali language|Kobali]]
 
*[[Kreetassan language|Kreetassan]]
 
*[[Kreetassan language|Kreetassan]]
 
*[[Kriosian language|Kriosian]]
 
*[[Kriosian language|Kriosian]]
 
*[[Menk language|Menk]]
 
*[[Menk language|Menk]]
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*[[Ravis' language]]
 
*[[Risan language|Risan]]
 
*[[Risan language|Risan]]
 
*[[Romulan language|Romulan]]
 
*[[Romulan language|Romulan]]
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*[[Sheliak language|Sheliak]]
 
*[[Stroyerian]]
 
*[[Stroyerian]]
 
*[[Talaxian language|Talaxian]]
 
*[[Talaxian language|Talaxian]]
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*[[Xindi-Insectoid language|Xindi-Insectoid]]
 
*[[Xindi-Insectoid language|Xindi-Insectoid]]
   
==Tools==
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== Tools ==
 
*[[Translation algorithm]]
 
*[[Translation algorithm]]
 
*[[Translation matrix]]
 
*[[Translation matrix]]
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*[[Linguistic database]]
 
*[[Linguistic database]]
   
==See also==
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== See also ==
 
*[[Nicknames]]
 
*[[Slang]]
 
*[[Slang]]
**[[Nicknames]]
 
   
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[[de:Sprache]]
 
[[fr:Langues]]
 
[[fr:Langues]]
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[[it:Lingua (idioma)]]
 
[[nl:Taal]]
 
[[nl:Taal]]
 
[[sv:Språk]]
 
[[sv:Språk]]
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[[Category:Linguistics]]

Revision as of 19:51, 3 September 2015

Kukulkan city writing

The written language on a wall in Kukulkan's city

"...the only tool diplomacy has is language."

- Hodin (TOS: "The Mark of Gideon")

Countless different spoken, written, and gestural languages were used by different cultures throughout space. Generally, universal translators were able to surmount the language barrier between different groups, allowing interstellar society to exist. They were not always successful, however. (citation needededit) The study of language was known as linguistics.

Children often found new languages easier to learn than adults did. (TNG: "Dark Page")

Languages

Tools

See also