Star Wars Languages

Bombadillo · 01-27-2004, 10:57 PM

I was wondering if any hardcore SW fans from the moot speak any SW languages. For instance, my friend is fluent in Zulu and Swahili, so if he just speaks fast, he's also fluent in the Jawa toung (although he doesn't know what "zutini" means).

That and backwards Russian are the only two languages used that I'm familiar with. Does anybody know others any better?

gimli7410 · 01-27-2004, 11:15 PM

wait swahili is a starwars language, i just thought it was some normal language

Bombadillo · 01-27-2004, 11:19 PM

Well it's both. The talking for the Jawas is actually people speaking in a mixture of Zulu and Swahili, and then sped up on recording.

I know that because I'm the coolest geek ever.

Oh yeah.

b.banner · 01-28-2004, 02:40 PM

what about the language jabba speaks ?or leia when she is disgiused as boush?

Nariel · 01-31-2004, 12:34 AM

actually, none of the languages in Star Wars were ever developed like JRRT's or Roddenberry's. So while "Oota Boota Solo" and some other phrases may sound fun, you can't really "speak" any of the star wars languages. bummer, huh? well, I'll just go back to my "beginning sindarin" and "conversational Klingon." I guess I'll never learn Rodian. bummer.

That's interesting about the jawas, though. Kind of like how Lucas took some WW2 plane footage and tweaked it to make the x-wing scenes.

plaidjedillama · 02-03-2004, 10:33 PM

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Originally posted by Bombadillo
[B](although he doesn't know what "zutini" means).

From what I've heard, "utini" means "come here". That's according the rules of the SW CCG (it's a type of card), but there are probably sources that say other stuff. (I'll go with that one, though.)

I think Nariel is right, the most you're going to get is phrases and words, not a full language.

trolls' bane · 02-22-2004, 03:33 PM

I agree to that. I remember also that in A New Hope when the Jawa says "utini," he made a gesture that also seemed to mean come here.

trolls' bane · 02-27-2004, 10:37 PM

I tried learning Swahili once, but I never got too far past greetings.

Anglorfin · 04-16-2004, 01:34 AM

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Originally posted by b.banner
what about the language jabba speaks ?or leia when she is disgiused as boush?

Jabba is backwards Russian. I don't know what it is Leia speaks. Could just be gibberish. Languages and language developement were never really focused on in StarWars.

***IronParrot*** · 04-16-2004, 05:10 AM

Jabba isn't backwards Russian. In fact, the language he speaks ("Huttese") is pretty much the only well-developed Star Wars language there is. Sound editor (and now picture editor) Ben Burtt developed it way back when. It's not as rigorously fleshed-out as any of the Tolkien languages, of course, but it does consist of some reasonable consistency in terms of structure and some basic vocabulary. No, I don't speak it. I'm rather sceptical about these claims about fluency in Jawa, in that while it may be a composite of known languages, that doesn't necessarily make it a sensical one ("utinni!" being an immediate example).

The Ben · 04-25-2004, 10:08 PM

Exsqueese Me, Do yousa really thinkn usins don't knowin any Star Wars Languages?

Yousa is'n really Dumb not know'n any Star Wars Lanquages, Okyday?

hectorberlioz · 04-26-2004, 11:45 AM

haha

Meesa nota really cares whata languyage meesa speaks, meesa just here to make trouble

My dad is teaching himself swahili

. Interesting about the jawa and jabba language

The Ben · 05-07-2004, 12:58 AM

Uhhh... sure.

01-27-2004, 10:57 PM	#1
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01-27-2004, 11:19 PM	#3
Bombadillo "The Bomb" Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: all over the place Posts: 1,601	Well it's both. The talking for the Jawas is actually people speaking in a mixture of Zulu and Swahili, and then sped up on recording. I know that because I'm the coolest geek ever. Oh yeah. __________________ Could it be that one path to enlightenment leads through insanity?

01-28-2004, 02:40 PM	#4
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01-31-2004, 12:34 AM	#5
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02-22-2004, 03:33 PM	#7
trolls' bane Entmoot Secretary of the Treasury Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Campsite-by-Giraffe Posts: 5,408	I agree to that. I remember also that in A New Hope when the Jawa says "utini," he made a gesture that also seemed to mean come here. __________________ KI6PFA Amateur Radio Operator

02-27-2004, 10:37 PM	#8
trolls' bane Entmoot Secretary of the Treasury Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Campsite-by-Giraffe Posts: 5,408	I tried learning Swahili once, but I never got too far past greetings. __________________ KI6PFA Amateur Radio Operator

04-16-2004, 05:10 AM	#10
*IronParrot* Fowl Administrator Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Calgary or Edmonton, Canada Posts: 53,420	Jabba isn't backwards Russian. In fact, the language he speaks ("Huttese") is pretty much the only well-developed Star Wars language there is. Sound editor (and now picture editor) Ben Burtt developed it way back when. It's not as rigorously fleshed-out as any of the Tolkien languages, of course, but it does consist of some reasonable consistency in terms of structure and some basic vocabulary. No, I don't speak it. I'm rather sceptical about these claims about fluency in Jawa, in that while it may be a composite of known languages, that doesn't necessarily make it a sensical one ("utinni!" being an immediate example). __________________ All of IronParrot's posts are guaranteed to be 100% intelligent and/or sarcastic, comprising no genetically modified content and tested on no cute furry little animals unless the SPCA is looking elsewhere. If you observe a failure to uphold this warranty, please contact a forum administrator immediately to receive a full refund on your Entmoot registration. Blog: Nick's Café Canadien

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