Star Wars languages

© Dark Lens, by Cédric Delsaux

The Star Wars linguistic universe counts many languages, either original or pidgins, most of them developed by Ben Burtt, sound designer for the Star Wars movies, from real languages recordings (English, Quechua, Tibetan, Zulu). Thus we find Bocce, Ewokese, Gunganese, Huttese, Jawaese, Neimoidian, and Shyriiwook. Mandalorian, or Mando’a, is an exception as it has a real grammar developed by the author Karen Traviss, as well as a writing system.

Bocce numbers
1 – wun 2 – zwoo 3 – treb 4 – goor 5 – fyiz 6 – zix 7 – zeve 8 – kata 9 – navax

Ewokese numbers
1 – chu 2 – fic 3 – chim 4 – hoji 5 – n’la 6 – n’dla 7 – voo 8 – j’voo 9 – coki

Gunganese numbers
1 – una 2 – duey 3 – dee 4 – foosa 5 – fife 6 – seeks 7 – sevin 8 – ate-a 9 – ninee

Huttese numbers (base 8)
1₈ – bo 2₈ – dopa 3₈ – duba 4₈ – fwanna 5₈ – k’wanna 6₈ – kita 7₈ – goba

Jawaese numbers
1 – po 2 – ko 3 – kyo 4 – yo 5 – dyo 6 – lyo 8 – ho 9 – to

Mandalorian numbers
1 – solus 2 – t’ad 3 – ehn 4 – cuir 5 – rayshe’a 6 – resol 7 – e’tad 8 – sh’ehn 9 – she’cu

Neimodian numbers
1 – von 2 – thoo 3 – vree 4 – voor 5 – vyiiv 6 – six 7 – zevan 8 – ate’a 9 – nine

Shyriiwook numbers
1 – ah 2 – ah-ah 3 – a-oo-ah 4 – wyoorg 5 – ah wyoorg 6 – hu yourg 7 – muwaa yourg 8 – ah muwaa yourg 9 – a-oo-mu


Langues de Star Wars (in French)
Idiomas de Star Wars (in Spanish)
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