Bajoran language

The Bajoran language was a group of extant and extinct languages spoken by the Bajorans. (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)

Spoken language
The main modern language, referred to in Bajoran as Bajor'la, was a simplified version of the Old High Bajoran, or Bajor'ara, spoken by the Bajora people in ancient times. In the 10th century CE, the Bajora developed Bajor'la to communicate with their conquests. By modern times Bajor'la had completely replaced Old High Bajoran except among the Bajoran religion's clergy.

Several regional dialects of Bajor'la existed, and native speakers could identify each other's homelands by their pronunciation.

Written language
The Bajoran language was ideographic; that is, each rune represented a single thought rather than a sound. The ideograms had evolved over time, such as in the ancient language used on the Reckoning Tablet discovered in the ruins of B'hala in 2374: each ideogram on the Reckoning Tablet corresponded to two Bajor'la ideograms. 

Established words and phrases

 * Amoran - banished
 * Bajor'ara - ancient Bajora tongue, now extinct outside the priesthood
 * Bajor'la - modern Bajoran language
 * Balik(am) - "go away" or "get lost!", written and pronounced like the Filipino word for "go back", which would also fit as a translation as seen on the scene
 * 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 ghosts or spirits of the dead
 * Ha'dara - Home of light
 * Ha'mara - religious festival to celebrate the arrival of the Emissary of the Prophets
 * Insh'alhalan - the Bajorans' name for themselves in ancient times (: Beat the Drums of War)
 * The word seems to be a reference to the Arabic phrase "Insha'Allah", "God willing".


 * Itanu - ceremony carried out when a child reaches the age of fourteen
 * Kejal - freedom
 * Kosst - to be
 * Peldar Joi - greeting used during the Gratitude Festival
 * phekk - profanity, coincidentally akin to English "fuck"
 * Shawn - swamp, rhymes with Irish name Seán
 * Sher hahr kosst - profanity invoking the Pah-wraiths (: Bait and Switch)
 * Sobaru - blue star flower, also a feminine given name
 * Ye'phekk maktal kosst amojan (plural: ye'phekk makteru kosst amojan) - profanity invoking the Pah-wraiths (: Bait and Switch)

Religious concepts

 * Duranja - lamp for the dead: candle suspended by chains from four pillars
 * D'jarra - ancient Bajoran caste system, abolished during the Cardassian Occupation of Bajor by Kai Opaka Sulan
 * Kosst Amojan - Pah-wraith
 * Pagh - the life energy or soul of a person (, et al.)
 * Pagh'tem'far - a sacred vision granted by the Prophets

Sentences

 * Ilyata kerim al wan bo tava! Mata ke kerim Shad'rakil Yima kossta fasa Bajor'sal Verda sora yal ire ta bo akarr ankaya! - distress signal sent in Old High Bajoran by Colonel Shad Yima, CO of RBS
 * Kendra'tel ahara! - cheer for the Warriors baseball team
 * Y'trel bo tava tu san yc'fel, Dahkur'etil va'yaputal! - untranslated rant at a springball foul