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Vulcan Language Institute Reclamation Project

Contents 1 Vulcan Language Institute Reclamation Project 2 Introduction 3 Language Lessons 4 Lexicons (Vocabulary Dictionaries) 5 Appendices 6 See Also

Shi'Oren t'Gen-Lis Vuhlkansu, or The Vulcan language Institute as it is said in Federation Standard English, existed on at least two different URL's (or URI's as they're known now) until August 2008, when it dissappeared from it's last known home on an Earthlink user's webspace. We're assuming the user was Mark Gardner, the head of the project and indeed it's primary driving force, but that is just an assumption.

Why it dissappeared, we can only guess. The most obvious possible reason is the lack of funding for the webspace, but another, equally possible reason could simply be a lack of interest or ambition to maintain it, let alone continue it's development. Either way, with the pending release of Star Trek Online we decided that this significant project, a truly scholarly work comprising many years of research and study of canonical resources, would be lost to Role-players specifically and the world in general if we did not step up and do something about it.

Luckily, we were able to access a saved version of the site, and it's from here that we take the Vulcan Language Institute, update it's formatting and mark-up to suit this new Wiki environment, and present it here. Attempts were made to contact Mr. Gardner or any member of the project, but were unsuccessful, so we do this without explicit permission. We do, however, firmly believe that they would not want this to fade silently into the blackness of space so we assume implied permission until we can get that other, better kind.

Text is taken verbatim from the archives and only edited to suit formatting and to avoid ambiguation. Occasionaly we have split some pages into more meaningful sections, or retitled them for the same reason. It is my hope that one day the project may be advanced here, but for now we will present the information we have in the best possible way that we can.

Dif-tor heh smusma.

Supplemental: Star Trek Online has been released and is a going concern. We re doing our best to update and continue with this project as best we can.

Introduction

1. Welcoming Page
2. Introduction to Vulcan Linguistics
3. Introduction to Golic Vulcan Grammar

Language Lessons

1. Pronunciation
2. Introduction To Words - Simple Words
3. Introduction To Words - Compound Words
4. Noun-Verb Pairs
5. Introduction To Numbers
6. Punctuation
7. The Simple Sentence, part 1
8. The Simple Sentence, part 2
9. Weak Verbs
10. Irregular Strong Verbs
11. Regular Strong Verbs
12. Adjectival Forms
13. Possession
14. The Use Of Numbers In Sentences
15. Interrogatives
16. Verbs: Past Tense Forms
17. Verbs: Simple Future Tense
18. Verbs: Advanced Forms
19. Honorifics
20. Imperatives
21. Gender-Specific Nouns
22. The Use of Negation In Sentences

Lexicons (Vocabulary Dictionaries)

Note that many of the language lessons also contain vocabulary sections that may not be available elsewhere and are directly related to the lesson at hand.

1. Biology, Botany and Zoology
2. General Science
3. Geology, Geophysics and Mineralogy
4. Medical
5. Meteorology and Climatology
6. Oceanography and Marine Biology
7. Technology

Appendices

1. Affixes
2. Example Phrases
3. Media Script
4. Numbers
5. Table Of Elements
6. Technological Abbreviations
7. Verbs
8. Word Etymology

See Also

• Introduction To Vulcan Physiology
• Vulcan Culture Institute
• Vulcan Science Academy
• Category:Vulcan