Mando'a

Mando'a, short for "Mando joha" or "Mandalorian language", is the language of the Mandalorians. The Mando'a dictionary and grammar guide can be found here.

A sample of Mando'a reading: "Kyr'amu ori'adate akay val kyrayc, bal kyr'amu ori'adate tug'yc." which roughly translates to "Kill them till they're dead, and then kill them some more."

Grammar

Mando'a is primarily a spoken language and as such has developed in such a way that it promotes ease of use. There are however some differences that can be difficult for a speaker of Basic, such as the Mandalorian concepts on tense and gender-neutrality. Rather than use verb tenses mando'a uses the prefixes "ru" for "past" and "ven" for future, however tense is often dropped colloquially due to the Mandalorian beliefs about history and the knowledge that tomorrow may never come. There are also no passive verbs in Mando'a as only active verbs are necessary. In regards to gender it is usually implied by context with gender specific words in basic such as "mother" and "father" being translated to one word "buir" and "beautiful" and "handsome" being translated to "mesh'la." When it is necessary to specify gender it is done by the use of the adjectives for male and female, "jagyc" and "dalyc" were used.

Numbers

• 1 – solus
• 2 – t’ad
• 3 – ehn
• 4 – cuir
• 5 – rayshe’a
• 6 – resol
• 7 – e’tad
• 8 – sh’ehn
• 9 – she’cu
• 10 – ta’raysh
• 11 – ta’raysh solus
• 12 – ta’raysh t’ad
• 13 – ta’raysh ehn
• 14 – ta’raysh cuir
• 15 – ta’raysh rayshe’a
• 16 – ta’raysh resol
• 17 – ta’raysh e’tad
• 18 – ta’raysh sh’ehn
• 19 – ta’raysh she’cu
• 20 – ad’eta
• 30 – ehn’eta
• 40 – cur’eta
• 50 – she’eta
• 60 – rol’eta
• 70 – tad’eta
• 80 – shehn’eta
• 90 – shek’eta
• 100 – olan
• 1,000 – ta’raysh’olan

Ordinal Numbers

• 1st - Sol'yc
• 2nd - T'adyc
• 3rd - Ehn'yc
• 4th - Cu'yc
• 5th - Raysh'yc
• 6th - Resol'yc
• 7th - E’tadyc
• 8th - Sh'ehnyc
• 9th - Sh'ecyc
• 10th - Ta’rayshyc
• 11th - Ta’raysh sol'yc
• 12th - Ta’raysh t'adyc
• 13th - Ta’raysh ehn'yc
• 14th - Ta’raysh cu'yc
• 15th - Ta’raysh raysh'yc
• 16th - Ta’raysh resol'yc
• 17th - Ta’raysh e'tadyc
• 18th - Ta’raysh sh'ehnyc
• 19th - Ta’raysh sh'ecyc
• 20th - Ad’etyc