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I remember there were a few episodes of DS9 that talked about “Ancient Bajoran” which modern Bajoran descended from and I love that idea for the history of language on Bajor, but there should be tons of different languages descended from a language that old! Maybe an old form survives as a liturgical language while another somewhat related language is the primary dialect spoken in, say, the Rakantha Province. Maybe there are different branches of languages descended from Ancient Bajoran that are mutually unintelligible to each other but that can be traced back by scholars to a common ancestor. And certainly there must be other language families on Bajor for which no link to Ancient Bajoran can be established at all. How have Bajoran religious and governmental authorities historically treated these languages? How many small languages might have been wiped out or become endangered during the Cardassian occupation? What kinds of language revitalization efforts might exist after the end of the occupation? To think about any of this stuff you just kind of have to ignore canon, though.

Alexander Siddig and Nana Visitor in STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE 4x10 - Our Man Bashir

ziyal rugal etc :)

Current mood

would biting this part of a cardassian's neck sound like when you bite into a leather couch and it squeaks. like i feel like it's really chewy. i'm asking important questions shut up

i do not bite leather couches guys

Bashir turning into a stammering mess whenever they use it in the future