Olys Corellisi

Olys Corellisi, translating to "Old Corellian" in Basic, was a language used by the early Humans on Corellia. As the Corellians began to interact with other Core Worlds over thousands of years, Basic words and phrases flooded the Corellian lexicon, forming the latter Corellian language. After over twenty thousand years of intermingling, Old Corellian nearly vanished approximately four thousand years before the Battle of Yavin. With the ascension of modern Corellian, Old Corellian became a relic preserved by linguists and conservatives wishing to remember the forebears of Corellian society.

The language was kept alive in two noteworthy groups: Corellian colonists and Corellian fringers. Corellian colonists that left their homeworld to settle other terrestrial planets were without the influence of Basic, such as the colonists of Socorro. The second group, made up of smugglers, thieves, con artists, and other fringers used the language as a code to communicate secretly during dangerous situations.

A famous tragedy written in Old Corellian was Uhr Eharl Khoehng.

Vocabulary
Aa'kua = "respect", respecting personal space

Bhesj! = term of impatience

B'rrsk = "Head"

Phrenbi = To decapitate

Brekken Vinthern = "Bitter Winter" (refers to Alzheimer-like disease)

Chirq = a bright shade of red

Chumani = "friend", also an insult to strangers: "weakling"

Contemplanys Hermi = "Meditative solitude"

Corellisi = "Corellian", the Corellians' native name for themselves

Doaba = "peace"

Droyk = A swear word

Dust-happy = Corellian slang for spice addiction

Eharl = "elf" or "trickster"

Frink = A swear word

Guerfel = "fool"

Jeboe'i = "thief"

Kas tulisha abia al port. = "Chaos opens the door to opportunity."

Ke'dem = Someone who is condemned or fallen, also imbalanced or crazy.

Khasaan'l = A greeting

Khoehng = "king"

Koccic sulng = Reprimand, "Be quiet."

Koccic sulng il pla = "Shut up and play"

Lofahchu ets pyroni vyoryn viske. = "Loyalty is a smuggler's worst vice"

Mahn uhl Fharth bey ihn valle. = "May the Force be with you."

Midys = "middle"

Midys Corellisi = "Middle Corellian", a language

Min = "mine" or "his"

Min min = "I" or "myself"

Min min vil ut valle Nharquis.

"I will eat your ashes"

Min min volgoth noh petchuck.

"I want no bad blood between us."

Nhar'qual

"dark death"

Oblivyn

"nothing"

Ofax ets burrin tehn.

"the air is too heavy here", meaning the situation is ominous or dangerous (ie: "I have a bad feeling about this")

Ol'val

"hello" or "goodbye"

Ol'val, min dul'skal, ahn guld domina

"clear skies and good luck, my friend" or "may fate be with you"

Olys

"old"

Olys Corellisi

"Old Corellian", language

Ohna fulle guth

A challenge or insult

Osk'y

"enemy" or "rival"

Petchuck

"animosity" or "bad blood"

"Where in the Nine Corellian Hells am I?"

A colloquialism used to express confusion or being lost

Sahsahlah

"the promised land" or "the place of wise fools", used in conversations when opinions differ and one party wants to indicate that the other will not get their way.

Saltan valoramosa n telvalk mord

"Assumption is the first step to a shallow grave"

Selba

A youth held in high regard by elders

Skrag

A swear word

Socorro

"scorched earth"

Tejha Larel

"undying love"

Uldyr

The rainy season

Volgoth

To want

Wagyx

"ass"

Proverbs and phrases
Doaba ol'val tru = "peace and hope", a greeting or a farewell (esp. at a funeral)

Cjaalysce'l = "You are wearing the road well", a greeting meaning that the recipient's reputation has preceded them

Aanor ishiia zals = "Love conquers all"

Aliha sel valle volgoth? = "What do you want?"

Chakta Sai Kae = Old Corellian toast

Doko prek anuda ten? = "Can you speak this language?"

Gylif fho ihn gylif = "A life for a life"

Halle metes chun, petchuck = An insult, translation unknown

Ihn Corellisi nyeve min bhiq suman ehin nyiad. = "A Corellian never turns his back on someone in need."

Yke hyon fhars oblivyn cnous oblivyn

"He who fears nothing, knows nothing."

Min Larel

"My Love", a term of endearment.

Dialects
Important dialects of Old Corellian include Hoodish and Vulanish, which were spoken on different parts of Corellia during different stages of time.

One of the most important dialects was the High Tongue, which was considered an aristocratic language, favored by Ensterite Corellians.

Behind the scenes

 * The Star Wars Adventure Journal #7 says that Old Corellian died out circa 4,000 BBY, but The Black Sands of Socorro indicates that the colonists did not depart for Socorro until nearly 3,000 BBY, leaving a questionable gap in the timing of Old Corellian's practical extinction.''

Comparison with English
Some Old Corellian words look like their respective Basic translations, or synonyms thereof. This is not surprising, if we assume that the Basic language has a vocabularly derived, in part, from Olys Corellisi, much like real-world English are derived from Old English. In other terms, the Old Corellian words could be seen as alternative ancestors of their respective English translations..


 * Bhiq - back
 * Contemplanys - mediative or contemplative
 * Corellisi - Corellian
 * Ehin - in
 * Fho - for
 * Gylif - life
 * Hermi - solitude
 * Khoengh - king
 * Nyeve - never
 * Nyiad - need
 * Olys - old
 * Pla - play
 * Socorro - scorched earth
 * Suman - someone