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According to the Behind the Magic CD-Rom, Ben Burtt derived the Huttese language from the ancient Incan dialect, Quechua. He based many phrases on samples from a language exercise tape. I have found a site that gives lessons on Quechua and have found a few Quechua words used in the Star Wars saga.
22 sty 2023 · Learn a few basic words and phrases in Huttese if you want to use it in casual conversation with other fans. If you want to analyze Huttese in greater depth, explore some of the many resources available for people interested in conlangs.
Huttese is spoken by a wide variety of peoples in various locations. It is widely spoken on the Outer Rim planet Tatooine as well as the Hutts' colonized planet Nal Hutta in the Corellian Sector. Anakin Skywalker, a human boy, speaks it fluently with his Toydarian master Watto, as well as with the "expecially dangerous dug called Sebulba."
The following is text phonetically transcribed from the film version of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. There’s a lot of Jawaese that was just too unintelligible to transcribe intermingled with what sounds I could make out. Transcribing Jawaese…not easy. [Jawas find Artoo] Jawas: “Bazzuk by huhna.” (n/a) “Bazzuk kaba huhna.” (n/a)
Huttese was the language spoken by the Hutts, a slug-like species who called Nal Hutta their homeworld. It was also commonly spoken on Hutt-controlled planets like Tatooine. Even on worlds such as Lothal, where Hutts were not in power, their tongue was still a widespread trade language.
I took the existing dictionary on Wermo’s guide (they’re amazing, I’ll link below you should check them out.) I did this to make a Language learning tool for myself so I can sing Huttese in my new Star Wars metal band. I’ll link the Google doc below for anyone who wants the knowledge for themselves.
Here you will find a Huttese to Basic dictionary and Basic to Huttese dictionary. 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 by me.
