The following huttese and translation is take from the phantom menace illustrated screenplay softcover. Have a look at a huttese dictionary or wordlist online, and pull out a few of the. Like twenty years ago give or take ben burtt, the sound designer for star wars, wrote a book acting as an english to star wars language dictionary. Maize raynshi huttese was the language spoken by the hutts, a sluglike species who called nal hutta their homeworld. Huttese grammar and dictionary wikia is a fandom movies community. Kung an insult or compliment translating as scum return of the jedi, as in u kulle. There have been many attempts at a huttese grammar and dictionary before, but this will be the definitive source, based on my research into quechua, the basis for huttese. For example, an x is pronounced like a kissing sound or a loud smack of the lips. These lyrics and partial translation were given to me by a member of huttese.
I am very proud of how authenticsounding the huttese turned out in young jedi. For example, sebulbas line yoka tu bantha poodoo tells us that a yo and a ka sound exists in the huttese language. Huttese was also spoken by such nonhutt creatures as greedo, watto and sebulba and of course, humans like anakin and droids like c3po. Because of the hutts commercial and criminal influence throughout the galaxy, huttese was the second most common language after galactic basic, and served as the lingua franca for most of the space surrounding the hutts territory 1 history 1. This sound appears in the phrase apxmasi keepuna dont shoot. Huttese was used as a lingua franca all over the planet tatooine, especially in its smuggler settlement mos eisley and its major city with its huge podracing course, mos espa. He created the alien dialogue out of existing nonenglish language phrases and their. Lit constructed languages in star wars page 2 jedi.
Type your text below to convert to star wars huttese language using our huttese translator. Information and translations of huttese in the most comprehensive dictionary definitions. Peedunky an insult, translating loosely as punk the phantom menace. Wookie wookie cataloged by ben burtt in the star wars galactic phrase book and travel guide. Neimoidian and gungan forms of basic are treated as full languages. Numbers the huttese numerical system is different then basic because hutts have eight fingers as. List of huttese phrases fictional language wiki fandom. Click here for combined java version of phrasebook combined with klingon, vulcan and romulan dictionaries. The huttese font first appeared in the pod racing sequence of the phantom menace and has appeared in other star wars games beyond the old republic. The book is packed with humorous drawings, expressions and cultural suggestions so that one never commits a faux pas, something which could get a traveler.
An x in huttese is pronounced by making a wet snap of the lips like an aggressive kissing sound. Then again, nal huttese would be very difficult to write and. Huttese cannot be learned in real life, and reallife novels cannot be translated to huttese. Huttese was the native language of the hutts, although it was spoken by many races, especially those on tatooine. The lingua franca of the franchise, for which the language the words are dubbed or written in, is galactic basic. Characters often speak languages other than basic, notably shyriiwook spoken by chewbacca, droidspeak spoken by r2d2 and bb8, ewokese spoken by ewoks and. Huttese is meant to be a simplistic language thats easy to translate to and from basic. Huttese translator api gives you api access to huttese translator, so that you can integrate this functionality in your websites or applications. The galactic phrase book and travel guide says e chu ta is something that cannot be printed in the book. Legacy comics where its simply described as an insult and the old. Here you will find a huttese to basic dictionary and basic to huttese dictionary. It is spoken in the films by both nonhumans jabba the hutt, watto, sebulba and others and humans.
This isnt intended to be a dictionary as much as it is a resource. Huttese is a more fluid and jagged language, and most of what is known is through conjecture and inference. A tool for space travelers in the star wars galaxy offers ph. The star wars science fiction universe, created by george lucas, features dialogue that is not spoken in natural languages. I am almost certain that e chu ta means fuck you because ben burtt refused to translate it. It appears to mean from in huttese, as in the phrase sebulba tuta pixelito. For the most part, huttese is pronounced as it is written. Achuta means hello in huttese, so e chu ta may be a related term. The book touches on several different languages from the star wars galaxy including those we have heard in the actual films huttese, tusken, and wookiee, and those we have not such as bocce.
To access the web version of the translator click here. Add on top of that phrases that sound like broken basic in a huttese. Another lingua franca in the star wars universe that is spoken by many groups and species is huttese, spoken on nal hutta, nar shaddaa, tatooine and other worlds in and around the hutt space this is the name of the zone, in the galactic west, which is illegally controlled by the hutts and, in the star wars legends continuity, covers the dominions of the former hutt empire. Klingon, translator, science fiction, languages, vulcan, romulan, navi, mandoa bible. Star wars is a disney movie and the related characters including yoda, sith, jar jar binks are.
The complete wermos guide to huttese and other star wars. Mar 25, 2019 the universal translator assistant project is an open source translation tool for a variety of science fiction languages. As for the section on the translations of various alien phrases to be found in. Aug 22, 2003 i copied down the phonetics of huttese lines spoken in the movies.
According to wookieepedia, this theme of the phrase being simply too obscene to translate is apparently continued in ben burtts galactic phrase book and travel guide the inuniverse translator ebenn q3 baoban refused to translate it as well as in the new star wars. Generate rihannsu text using diane duanes original algorithm. The character c3po is a translator fluent in over six million forms of communication 1. A huttese swear phrase can be heard in episode v, when c3po is insulted by another protocol droid with the phrase e chu ta. While a guide book, it is written of course for entertainment value and reads quickly. Lit constructed languages in star wars jedi council forums. This wiki is dedicated to providing all star wars fans a complete, working huttese grammar and dictionary. Language blog archives page 25 of 104 k international. Yocola ateema drink now yocola ateema drink now chowbaso mikiyuna welcome everybody ateema yocola now drink. Huttese nouns huttese grammar and dictionary wikia fandom.
Welcome to the huttese grammar and dictionary wiki. We would love any huttese enthusiasts or fans of the music at ogas cantina to share thoughts and help us finalize this translation. This version of hutesse has some mandilorian words mixed into it and i have found that there have been words in the language that sounds similar to the actual spoken madoa in the language. Classic uta for windows updated to include the galactic phras.
Hutt huttese the language of jabba and friends as developed in the star wars movies and books. Check out this website to learn more huttese terms. Unless otherwise stated, these terms are from ben burtts book. The complete wermos guide to huttese and other star wars languages and star wars. Huttese was the language spoken by the hutts, a sluglike species who called nal hutta their homeworld. Classic uta for windows updated to include the galactic phrasebook. And yet, a basic analysis of the available corpus shows that no one ever thought of creating a proper huttese grammar. The key to recording alien dialogue is casting the right actor for the part, ofarrell said, over the years ive had actors take to huttese like a fish to water, but the opposite is also true. Cataloged by ben burtt in the star wars galactic phrase book and travel guide.
The universal translator assistant project is an open source translation tool for a variety of science fiction languages. Insults and profanity wiki star wars roleplay amino amino. Hutt huttese the language of jabba and friends as develo. The following jawaese and translation is taken from the back of the card of the jawa with gonk droid action figure that was sold with a commtech chip. I dont want to speculate on anything not translated to the audience but a lot of it can be deduced using sources that do give translations. References neil frude, the robot heritage century pub. Chowbaso to the complete wermos dictionary section. Oct 08, 2016 as much as i adore the galactic phrase book, the linguistic information in it is one big joke.
Jan 09, 2020 i dont want to speculate on anything not translated to the audience but a lot of it can be deduced using sources that do give translations. The goal is fast and fun tools to give you access to the languages of the universe. While some huttese such as graffiti in the black sun sector of coruscant and the sign above hutta departures gate of the imperial fleet can be translated into english, this particular example cannot. It is also possible that huttese may have influenced ewokese as there is the huttese word dobra which translates as i am and the ewok word dobra which means elders. Uta translations english klingon or language of your choice. Sep 26, 20 at least the trade huttese alphabet appeared in an official product, albeit a pizza box. It was also commonly spoken on huttcontrolled planets like tatooine.
Cad bane describes what the hutt council speaks as ancient huttese which could imply older and newer variants, explaining differences between sources and speakers. This ring will get you by in most english to basic translations, but will be of no real use in the swamps and backwaters of nal hutta or even the smugglers moon of. The star wars science fiction universe, created by george lucas, features dialogue that is not. Star wars galactic phrase book travel guide new hair boutique. Kung an insult or compliment translating as scum return of the jedi, as in u kulle rah doe kankee kung. My bones have started glowing wa toc peg qui dos gee pif, aah. Uta translations english klingon or language of your. Huttese does not have such a complete grammar or vocabulary, its mostly gibberish with a few phrases having official translations. However, the language has 1 or 2 sounds that may be unfamiliar to an english speaker. Another lingua franca in the star wars universe that is spoken by many groups and species is huttese, spoken on tatooine and other worlds in and around hutt space. Unlike huttese, klingon is a conlang, an artificial language like esperanto.
Feel my body growing jup col im in na hiz jal, ooh. The words in the dictionaries are either canon from ben burtt himself in his travel guide, contributed to the site by fellow huttese scholars, or they were handpicked out of dialogue such as what is in the transcript section using context clues and common sense. The depicted language is aurebesh, the written form of galactic basic. Numbers the huttese numerical system is different then basic because hutts have eight fingers as opposed to the human finger count of ten. The scorekeepers herald huttese was the native language of the hutts, and was the. True enough, most phrases were given official translations.
Huttese for the films, and when others create it for books and video games, that they try and. Vividly illustrated by sergio aragones, this handy volume covers the basics, including greetingshchu apenkee, ograndio lust. Huttese verbs huttese grammar and dictionary wikia fandom. Learn a few basic words and phrases in huttese if you want to use it in casual. Phrasebook includes huttese and bocce star wars lanuages.
He goes on to say the translation is unprintable as it is a bad insult. Theres no discernible grammar in any of the phrases, the spelling systems are inconsistent and ambiguous, and most of the entries for bocce and huttese are straightup jokes. For more practice, use the dictionary to make your own sentences. Universal translator assistant project galactic dictionary. A huttese swear phrase can be heard in episode v, when c3po is insulted by.
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