Galactic Basic Standard


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Galactic Basic Standard (or Galactic Basic) was the most prevalent and most used language in the Galaxy. Based off of a mix of early human languages, Durese, and Bothese, Basic started as a slang or jargon of traders, and spacers. Because of its popularity with members of those professions its popularity and acceptance spread. Most sentient species that made galactic contact could and did speak Basic in addition to whatever native or regional language they might have used on a daily basis. Some beings did not possess the organs necessary to speak Basic, including Wookiees, Gamorreans, Polis Massans, Ssi-Ruuk, P'w'ecks, and a number of insectoid races. Whether or not a being could speak Basic, it was usually in their best interest to comprehend it, and most did.

Basic used the Aurabesh script.

Behind the Scenes

 * In both the films and books, Basic is the same as English. Dialects in English belong to different in-universe accents in the movies. Ewan McGregor's and Ian McDiarmid's Scottish accents are for example Coruscanti accents in the movies. Imperial characters had English accents while Rebels had usually US accents.