Star Wars Phrases and Slang: Canon Phrases to Know That’s because the voice actor, Bill Kipsang Rotich, is Kenyan. One is Finnish, which you can hear in Episode 1: The Phantom Menace when Watto and Sebulba speak to each other.Īnd Sullustan, spoken by Rebel pilot Nien Nunb, is actually a mix of Kikuyu and Kalenjin from Kenya. That said, there are a few real languages that pop up in Star Wars! Some languages are just based on animal sounds to fit the species, like Shyriiwook – one of the main languages of the Wookies. It’s the indigenous language spoken in the Andes mountains in South America.Įwokese, spoken by the Ewoks on Endor, was based on a combo of Tibetan, Indian, and Kalmyk Oirat, an endangered language from the Mongolia region. Huttese, spoken by Jabba the Hutt among many others, is based on Quechua. You may be familiar with some Huttese phrases because it’s probably the most common galactic language we hear. The Tuskens can’t speak Basic, but they sign with Mando to communicate, which is obviously based on ASL.Īnother example is Huttese. But they more take some essence, tones, or inspiration from real languages rather than grammar and extensive vocab.įor example, they recently had Troy Kotsur, a Deaf actor and Oscar winner, create the Tusken sign language seen in The Mandalorian. Some of the Star Wars languages are more fleshed out than others, and many are rooted in real languages. But most Star Wars languages don’t really meet the “conlang” (constructed language) classification. There are constructed fictional languages that you can actually learn and speak – like Klingon from Star Trek and Dothraki from Game of Thrones. Star Wars Languages: Conlangs or Total Nonsense? There’s not a ton of the language used in the Star Wars universe canon so far, but we do know some: It shows it belonged to Boba, his father Jango before him, and info about Jango’s mentor, too. Mando’a is the native language of the planet Mandalore and spoken by the Mandalorian people.Īlthough we see it less often in the series, it does make an appearance in Episode II: Attack of the Clones, the Clone Wars and Rebels series, as well as The Mandalorian and the Book of Boba Fett.īoba Fett shows Mando his chain code inside his Mandalorian armor that’s written in Mando’a. Mando’a: The Mandalorian Language and Writing System There’s also an Aurebesh translator where you can translate from English to Aurebesh. If you want to get some practice reading and writing Aurebesh, this site has a practice feature to learn. But there are also lots of easter eggs that you can catch by learning to read Aurebesh.įor example, in Star Wars: Rebels, there’s a wanted poster written for former Jedi padawan Kanan Jarrus in Aurebesh. Which is, of course, “May the Force be with you.”Īurebesh can often be seen on the screens of different Star Wars tech – like in the cockpit of a starfighter or on the Death Star. I know I have LOVED learning some of the Japanese words and phrases for Star Wars, like フォースとともにあらんことを ( fo-su to tomo ni aran koto wo). If you love talking about something in your native language, you should learn how to talk about it in the languages you’re learning, too! That way you can be a step closer to C3PO’s 6 million forms of communication. I’m going to introduce you to Aurebesh so you can catch all the easter eggs inside the movies, and chat a bit about the languages in Star Wars.īut we’re also going to learn Star Wars words in some real life languages too: Japanese, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, French and German. (There are about 70 or so that we’ve been introduced to so far!)īut the lingua franca of the galaxy, Galactic Basic, is pretty much English… Except it’s written in its own system called Aurebesh. If you’re a Star Wars fan, you probably already know that the galaxy far, far, away is full of unique alien languages. Star Wars Phrases and Slang: Canon Phrases to Know.Star Wars Languages: Conlangs or Total Nonsense?.Mando’a: The Mandalorian Language and Writing System.What is Aurebesh? Learning the Galaxy’s Alphabet.
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