Vulcan Language Institute

Quick Links

  • What & Who We Are
  • Intro to Vulcan Linguistics
  • TGV/MGV Grammar Intro
  • TGV/MGV-FSE Dictionary
  • FSE-TGV/MGV Dictionary
  • TGV/MGV Lessons
  • Pronunciation & Phonetics
  • Noted Vulcans
  • ST Memorial Page

    • Recent Changes

    November 2025

  • New Golic Common Script index page has been added.
  • Updating of HTML is in progress.
  • Site is again online at original domain name of vulcanlanguage.com.

    • November 2018

  • PDF versions of grammar, dictionary, and lessons now available as aid in study and for offline reference here.

    • June 2016

  • Regular updates and additions are currently suspended until further notice while the director is on sabbatical.

  • The His Dark Matters Trilogy Terminology page is online for the VIEC.

  • The Onedin Line Terminology page is online for the VIEC.

  • The Legend of the Seeker Terminology page is online for the VIEC.

    • May 2016

  • Although unable to update the website, we have been working on many pages. These will be uploaded as soon as able.

  • The Chronicles of Narnia page has been fixed. Many names were missing from the online file, possibly from a hack while the site was hosted elsewhere.

  • The TGV/MGV Numbers page has been updated to include their ancient numbering system similar to the Roman numerals of Earth.

  • Added some punctuation marks and example phrases to the Media Script page.

  • The Terran Disaster Movie Terminology page is online.

  • The Poltergeist Terminology page is online.

  • The Saving Private Ryan Terminology page is online.

  • The TGV/MGV-Anglo-Saxon/Old English page is online.

    • Welcome to Our Site!


          

    This is the home of the Vulcan languages Traditional Golic Vulcan (spoken by Surak and used for centuries in Literature, Religion and Ceremonies), Modern Golic Vulcan (its contemporary counterpart), Lowlands Golic Vulcan (a sister language to Modern), Insular Golic Vulcan (an extinct sister language to Traditional), FthinraKathi (a distantly-related, extinct language) and Nataki (an extinct, mysterious Vulcan language).  We mainly focus on the first two.  Although we failed in getting recognition by Paramount, at least one of our words made it onto Star Trek: Enterprise (see the episode "The Forge") and our work appeared in the German-language fan film Star Trek: Dark Horizon.

    In addition to language lessons and many pages with specialized terminology, we have information on noted Vulcans, Vulcan history, etc.  We are also the home of the Vulcan Institute of Earth Culture (VIEC) and have many pages devoted to Terran culture and history for the benefit of Vulcans and students.  A separate entry page has been added and more pages are being worked on for it.

    This site does not refer to any material in the "reboot" Star Trek films, which is not part of our Star Trek universe.  Only information relating to STOS, STAS, STNG, STDS9, STV and STE, and movies and books based on these, will be found here.

    Our TGV/MGV-Dutch, TGV/MGV-German, TGV/MGV-French, TGV/MGV-Icelandic, TGV/MGV-Italian, TGV/MGV-Japanese, TGV/MGV-Klingon, TGV/MGV-Polish, TGV/MGV-Spanish and TGV/MGV-Turkish dictionaries are online to aid speakers of those languages.  We will eventually do a small one for Latin, because of its historical importance.  We have no plans for any other languages for the forseeable future.

    We have a page on Facebook at this link VLI Facebook Page.  It will not be checked for the foreseeable future due to sabattical.

    There will be no regular updates or additions to this site for awhile, starting in mid-April 2016. 

    There are tons of things to check out on this site.  Enjoy your visit!

    Dif-tor heh smusma...


    Founder & Director


    The Vulcan Language Institute® originally began in 1980 to explore the languages of the Vulcans.  Originally named The Institute of Vulcan Linguistics®, our work is different from that of the Zvelebils, whose Vulcan material is also online.  Their language is known as "Modern Standard Vulcan" and is covered elsewhere on the Internet.

    Our site opened on August 1, 1998.


    Our pages display satisfactorily in Google Chrome, Firefox, Maxthon Cloud, Maxthon Nitro, SeaMonkey, Lunascape, Rocket, Torch, Midori, UC Browser, Yandex, Comodo Dragon, Coowon, SuperBird, SRWare Iron, Avant Browser, FlashPeak Slimjet and the final versions of Flock and Netscape. Safari displays page content well but the clickable link buttons do not render well. We cannot certify NetGroove or Opera, because they don't work on our computers and cannot be checked. Some content on our pages do not display correctly in Internet Explorer. We do not recommend any particular browser but you must have extended character support installed for European and Asian characters to enjoy the full experience of some pages.

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    All original work on these pages ©1980-2016 by Mark R. Gardner et al
    operating as the Vulcan Language Institute™.
    Star Trek and its related characters, images and sounds are © by Paramount Pictures/CBS Paramount Television.
    The material on these pages is for entertainment purposes only.



    This site is dedicated to the memory of Gene Roddenberry, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelly, James Doohan, Majel Barrett Roddenberry, Mark Lenard, Jeffrey Hunter, Meg Wyllie, Alexander Courage, Ricardo Montalbán, Celia Lovsky, Arlene Martel, Jane Wyatt, Angelique Pettyjohn, John Colicos, Stanley Adams, Michael Ansara, Jerry Goldsmith, Persis Khambatta, Bibi Besch, Merritt Butrick, Paul Winfield, Dame Judith Anderson, Kellie Waymire, Grace Lee Whitney, James Horner, Bruce Hyde and the others who've gone on to where no-one has gone before.  Thank you for bringing your characters to life on Star Trek!

    Website caretaker: T'Dreya (ek'panu-vis-trensu)

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