Captain Archer with Kreetassan markings applied to his chest as part of a ritual sectioning.
A Starfleet PADD showing a "Decryption Matrix" for the Kreetassan language.
The Kreetassan language was the spoken language of the Kreetassans. It was a relatively difficult language to master, as some words could have a dozen different meanings.
Skilled communications officer Hoshi Sato struggled to learn Kreetassan, and commented that it had the most subtle contextual variations she had ever seen in any language. (ENT: "Vox Sola")
Kreetassan was additionally described as "a complex language" in the final draft script of "Vox Sola". Although it is stated in the episode that a single Kreetassan word can have "a dozen" separate meanings, this was instead scripted as "dozens."
During ritual sectioning of an alvera tree, the person who was performing the splicing of the tree had to repeat a Kreetassan recitation. (ENT: "A Night in Sickbay")
Spoken language[]
Words and phrases[]
- Tostka - "Insult," or some kind of an insult. The universal translator couldn't discern if the speaker was insulted or issuing an insult.
- Sasooratt - Roughly "Open the doors."
- hwajat - A verb meaning both "mate" and "eat," depending on phonetic emphasis; the former was conveyed by emphasizing the first syllable, thus pronouncing the word "HWA-jat". (ENT: "Vox Sola")
Examples of spoken language[]
Tostka jstratta yroorcoor
- (Said in response to being insulted.)
Kjass skjask las?
- What did we do wrong?
Hwajat ajhakjahs!
- You eat like you mate!
Jhaaratun yiitooratt loorii.
- Whatever we've done to offend you, I apologize.
- Deelos takaa, seely estos oor-rah. Tenvla nikot pranab boko oor-tah.
- (Recited during the ritual sectioning of an alvera tree.) (ENT: "A Night in Sickbay")
The spelling and formatting of this phrase, whose meaning is unknown, comes from the final draft script of "A Night in Sickbay." The script also notated its pronunciation as "DEE-lohs tah-KAH SEE-lee ES-toos oo-RAH. TENV-la nee-KOTT PRAH-nahb bow-kow oor-TAH."