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Lingua Francae

by Illuminatus Primus

Modern Galactic Standard, or Basic - the default language and everyday lingua franca.

Old Galactic Standard - an ancestor of modern Basic spoken in the earlier Republic, still of meaning in law and government (the Republic a common law regime) [roughly analogizable to Middle or Early Modern English].

Classical High Galactic - an ancient ruling class language and lingua franca of the Core and pre-Republic civilizations; the ancient canon of literature and law is in Classical High Galactic [roughly analogizable to Classical Latin].

Ecclesiastical High Galactic - a special Jedi and Force cultist descendent of Classical High Galactic, still employed as an official liturgical language, and the language of most Jedi literature [roughly analogizable to Church Latin].

Huttese - the native tongue of the Hutt species and a lingua franca of much of the Outer Rim.

Sith - the language of the Sith people and later, the liturgical language of the various Sith cults and sects.

Olys Corellysi - the old Corellian tongue, of importance in Corellian law and government and enjoy important if junior stature to Old Galactic and Classical High Galactic [analogizable to Koine Greek???].

Accent

Just as Basic is the SW equivalent of English, the Received Pronunciation of the Core is equivalent of the Received Pronunciation of the Commonwealth. Heiran is the accent of the Colonies region.