The view from Mount Seleya
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This site explores the evolution of Vulcan scripts from the Traditional Golic to the Modern Vulcan.
Most of the matter is on Page One in the form of pictures (13 .jpg files of about 75kB ea.) so please have patience as they download. Netscape users seem to have trouble downloading all pics - sorry, can't help with that right now. Try sucking them out with right-click, Show picture.
Most of the understanding has been derived from the Vulcan Language Institute of Mark Gardner. Additional inputs have been from Marketa Zvelebil, Rob Zook and others at the vulcan-linguistics mailing list.
Click here to visit Vulcan Language Institute
Comparisons between the work of Rob Zook and fonts taken from Tommy of Escondido's Alien Fonts Page have been submitted.
To start the analysis a label on a bottle of vulcan liqueur has been presented in an effort to understand the construction of the Traditional Golic Vulcan script.
THIS IS BY NO MEANS A FINAL COPY as discussions are currently in progress at the vulcan-linguistics mailing list.
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Evolution
It is believed that the Vulcan languages evolved from an ancient tongue, Ancient Golic Vulcan (AGV), similar to the Indo-Germanic root language of Earth. AGV developed into Traditional Golic Vulcan (TGV), the language of Surak, literature and philosophy. From TGV came the offshoots of FthinraKathi and Modern Golic Vulcan.
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A label off a bottle of Vulcan liqueur
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Defining some terms...
TGV is written in an an ornate cursive style, like vines or creepers entwined round a staff. The symbols have been variously referred to as the "tree" or "staff" figures. Some of the figures are remarkably reminiscent of the Caduceus - the staff of Mercury, and will henceforth be referred to as such.
Smaller figures that stand individually will be referred to as the 'Cartouche' symbols as they are reminiscent of Egyptian hieroglyphics.
To aid understanding the architecture of the script, a legend has been added to the label. Please click on the link to move on to the discussion
Click here to move on to the discussion.
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