Discussion How many languages does your character know well?

[Tilon Quill]

Being multilingual to one extent or another in day-to-day life is baked right into Star Wars since the original films. The ABBR tag for hover text is one common way to render other languages, and there's plenty more.

How many languages does your character know well? Anyone else writing serious polyglots? What do they speak?

 

[Acier Moonbound]

Ace knows Basic (obviously), Binary and is beginning to learn Mando'a.

 

[Tilon Quill]

Ace knows Basic (obviously), Binary and is beginning to learn Mando'a.

Do you find yourself using the Mando'a conlang much for that?

 

[Tohu]

Basic native and whatever the next most common tongue on Shaddaa is but like on a conversational level

 

[Darth Carnifex]

Through the power of Comprehend Speech, theoretically all of them.

 

[Darth Anathemous]

1. Mando'a (first language)
2. Basic
3. High Sith
4. Dathomiri (learning, but technically her native language!)

I voted only 3 tho since her Dathomiri is fragmentary at best

 

[Revna Marr]

1. Basic
2. Huttese (learned while a slave)
3. High Sith
4. Sith
5. Ryl
6. Comprehend Speech lol

She also knows some Vahla, but not enough to be fluent.

 

[Tyrant 1]

I made this character as a fighter pilot first and foremost, but his hidden talent finally becomes relevant.

Background-wise he's a college-educated linguist speaking Basic, Sy Bisti, Meese Caulf, Bocce, and Huttese at advanced levels.

 

[Aether Verd]

Mando'a and Basic.

All you need really

 

[Connel Vanagor]

1. Basic
2. Shyrook
3. Huttese
4. Droidspeak(through the Force)

 

[Shego Striga]

Basic
Huttese
Mando'a


And she is still learning the sith language and will later pick up Dathomirs language.

 

[Amani Serys]

Amani knows Basic and Mirialan for sure. Definitely at least conversational in Ithorian given how much she's worked with them. Probably some broken Shyriwook from her time with the Silvers on Kashyyyk.

 

[Sycorax Laveaux]

Despite the fact that she’s a Senator, I’m pretty sure Sycorax only speaks Basic. The native tongue of her homeworld is considered a dead language, I can’t see her bothering to learn Binary or Huttese, and she probably always has a translator on hand anyway.

 

[Tilon Quill]

Through the power of Comprehend Speech, theoretically all of them.

Ok but what's the real answer? Is Carnifex trying to hide his advanced fluency in Ewok?

 

[Darth Carnifex]

Ok but what's the real answer? Is Carnifex trying to hide his advanced fluency in Ewok?

Without comprehend speech, Carnifex is pretty fluent in:

• Galactic Basic
• Epicant
• ur-Kittat (Including various dialects)
• Mando'a
• Binary
• Huttese

These are the ones I can think of off the top of my head.

 

[Valery Noble]

I lean on Comprehend Speech for Valery being able to understand a lot of language. But actually speaking them...

• Basic
• Huttese from her time as a Jedi Shadow
• Droid speech, so she can communicate with her little buddy BB-610
• Baby/Toddler babbling. She's a Mama

 

[Aileni Ifor Xeraic]

Aileni is a linguist so any language he gets a chance to read/hear, he will become fluent in.

Currently I have his list as this:

Basic
Basic Sign Language
Dathomirian
Mando'a
Shryiiwook
Huttese
Droidspeak
Binary
Twi'leki
Rodian
High Sith
Ancient Sith

 

[Tamsin Starfall]

1. Basic
2. High Sith (Cause Darth Anathemous she knows it well enough to get by)
3. Binary

(She knows a bit of Huttesses and Jawaesse as well but not fluent enough that I counted them.)

If you count the Demon in her then it's lot more then five.

 

[Colette]

Basic, and Basic Sign Language.

Even use ChatGPT to get the motions that I then translate.

Binary is just a droid being unable to shut up, and comprehend language is a crutch. A crutch well-worn but a crutch nonetheless.

 

[Makai Dashiell]

Makai is a relative idiot so only two, basic and Galacian.