Bajoran civilization has existed for over a half-million years. A contemplative and spiritual people, the early Bajorans saw little need in reaching to the stars. It is known, however, that the Bajoran people held limited interstellar abilities via primitive solar sail space craft.

Site: http://www.ussgalaxy.net/database/species/members/bajoran.htm

Bajoran culture declined greatly during the Cardassian Occupation, from 2328 to 2369 (was formally annexed in 2339), during which time the Cardassian Union dominated the Bajoran people. 10 million Bajorans were killed, but despite the brutality of the government implemented massacres, freedom fighters in the mountains of Bajor never ceased their struggle for independence. The Cardassians made heavy use of forced labor camps and attempted to strip the Bajorans of their cultural identity. Cardassian strip mining of Bajor lead to planet-wide ecological devastation. It was the Cardassian Occupation of Bajor that forced the Bajoran people to throw off their strict caste based culture and actively fight against their oppressors. They have only recently been allowed to rebuild their culture.

The Bajoran people successfully repelled the Cardassians from their world in 2369 and a provisional government was established. The United Federation of Planets was called upon to provide assistance during this time of chaos and turbulence. The Federation assumed control of the abandoned Cardassian mining station Terok Nor (which the Federation renamed Deep Space Nine) and acted as a deterrent to future Cardassian reprisals against the Bajoran people.

The discovery of the Bajoran wormhole (which the Bajorans called the “Celestial Temple”) made Bajor a site of scientific importance. Later, Bajor became a strategically important location when the Dominion began their invasion of the Alpha Quadrant.

Bajorans developed an intolerance of Cardassians due to the recent Cardassian occupation of Bajor. The Bajoran sense of spirituality is so strong that they have developed a very strong will due to their faith. Most Bajorans have studied their religion fairly extensively. Also, most Bajorans with a highly-developed faith are also devoted to the rebuilding of their world.

Bajor

The entire planet, or at least its largest continent, is known by geographic areas such as the Northwestern District, Northeastern District, etc. Those in turn, are divided into provinces such as Tozhat, Dahkur and Hedrickspool, each having its own administrative centre and council of Vedeks but both as subservient to the Capitol. The planet is larger than Terra and so its gravity is about 1.4g. A classical model of a Class M system, the planet has a number of large oceans breaking up the land mass, the water is said by many to be unusually green, probably due to a high concentration of microscopic plant life. The weather on Bajor is tropical over most of the planet, with periods of storms during certain seasons of the year. There are a number of desert areas, although most of the barren wasteland left by Cardassian mining has been reclaimed.

A massive system of aqueducts over the land mass provides both irrigation and an established transit system. Transport centres in major urban settlements often combine water and air transport, to the amusement of many off-world visitors.

The Capitol City is the center of Government, Military and Religion on Bajor. Most of the other settlements have now been fully rebuilt after the destruction of the Cardassian Withdrawal. There are few other large cities as Bajorans prefer small communities to large Urban sprawl.

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Established words and phrases 

• Amoran – banished (DS9: “The Assignment“)
• Bantaca – name for a traditional spire made out of thousands of interlocked stones, marked with the coordinates of the town or city they represent (DS9: “Rapture“)
• D’jarras – ancient Bajoran caste system (DS9: “Accession“)
• Duranja – lamp for the dead: candle suspended by chains from four pillars (DS9: “Shakaar“)
• Ha’mara – religious festival to celebrate the arrival of the Emissary of the Prophets (DS9: “Starship Down“)
• Itanu – ceremony carried out when a child reaches the age of fourteen (DS9: “Accession“)
• Kosst – to be (DS9: “The Assignment“)
• Pagh – the life energy or soul of a person (DS9: “Emissary“, et al.)
• Pagh’tem’far – a sacred vision granted by the Prophets (DS9: “Rapture“)
• Peldar Joi – greeting used during the Gratitude Festival (DS9: “Fascination“)
• Shawn – swamp, rhymes with Irish name Seán (DS9: “Let He Who Is Without Sin…“)

Site: http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Bajoran_language

Religious terms Edit

• Ranjen – a monk, usually a title given as an honor (DS9: “The Reckoning“)
• Prylar – a monk or priest (DS9: “The Collaborator“)
• Vedek – a senior member of the Bajoran clergy (DS9: “In the Hands of the Prophets“)
• Kai – a leader of the Bajoran clergy (DS9: “Emissary“)
• Kosst Amojan – also known as Koss’moran, another name for the Pah-wraiths; translates as the banished ones (DS9: “The Assignment“)
• Pagh – the eternal soul (DS9: “Emissary“)
• Pagh-tem-far – a spiritual vision sent by the Prophets (DS9: “Rapture“)

Measurements

• Kellipate – a measure of distance (DS9: “Progress“)
• Tessipate – a measure of land area used on Bajor (DS9: “Progress“, “Children of Time“)
• Kerripate – a fraction of a tessipate (DS9: “Children of Time“)

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The Bajoran language family is a group of both extinct and existing languages and dialects used on Bajor.

Site: http://bajoran.wordpress.com/

The Bajoran script is possibly the most complex phonetic script encountered by the federation. The Bajoran written language is thought to have been developed from a logo syllabic script used in the B’hala region on Bajor. The characters are sometimes described as being ideographic (each symbol represents an idea) this is not the case. Although the Bajorans consider each symbol to represent the idea of language, the script is primarily a syllabary, although it has some unusual spelling conventions.

Site: http://celestialtemple.wikispaces.com/Bajoran+Language

The Bajoran written language consists of square symbols which are composed of thick lines. There are a large number of different symbols which can be used in any of eight rotations (flipped and rotated each and every way). Bajoran tends to be written in horizontal lines, although it can be written vertically. (DS9: “Shadows and Symbols“)

Bajoran writing is said to be ideographic, that is, each character represents a single thought or word pictured. Most forms of written Bajoran share some root ideograms, as evidenced by the Reckoning Tablet. Each ancient Bajoran symbol translated into a pair of nearly identical modern Bajoran symbols. (DS9: “The Reckoning“)

Keiko O’Brien‘s classroom featured a chart depicting the English, the Ferengi, the Cardassian, and the Bajoran alphabet. The chart listed some twenty-five Bajoran language symbols. (DS9: “The Nagus“, “In the Hands of the Prophets“, “Cardassians“)

Site: http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Bajoran_language

Pagh- Bajoran word for life energy or soul. [Emissary]

Peldar Joy – Bajoran greeting used during the Gratitude Festival. [Fascination]

Balik (am) – Shouted by Keeve Falor to children. Possibly “go away”or “get out of here”. [Ensign Ro]

(Beli) Clavian – Bajoran musical instrument. Most likely wind instrument similar to a Clarinet. [Pre-emptive Strike]

Boryhas – Bajoran term for ghosts or spirits of the dead. [The Next Phase]

D’jarras – Ancient Bajoran caste system. [Accession]

Deranya- Lamp for the dead. Candle suspended by chains from four pillars. [Shakaar]

Itanu- Cerimony carried out when a child reaches the age of fourteen. [Accession]

Tessipate, Decipate, Kellipate – Bajoran measures of distance and area.

“Ah – kay – ah. A – ya Va – suu. Ko – van – ha. E – kay – ha.” – Bajoran Death Chant. Repeated over and over again for excess of 3 hours. [Battlelines]

“Tesra Peldar Impadre Bren. Bentel Veytan Olan Sten.” – Presiders address at the Gratitude Festival. [Fascination]

“Raka Ja Hoot. Shalla Moralla. Emma Buru Kana. Uranak Rana Non (Person’s Name).Propay Va Nara Eh Suuk. Shalla Com…” – Bajoran chant for recent deaths. Used with the Deranya lamp. [Shakaar]

“Shakala tie unsyor. Tevan akares kova antana kel.” – Marriage blessing by the Emissary. [Accession]