Jawa Trade Language

This image is a representation of all of the letters and numbers of Jawaese as well as the primary punctuation marker, the exclamation marker. The first 26 characters are directly translatable to Basic (A-Z). The characters that follow are also directly translatable to Basic (0-6, 8 and 9). The last character is directly taken from Basic as '!' as it is common for Jawas to shout phrases. Jawaese does not have a number 7 like other languages tend to have.

"Utinni!"

— A Common Jawa Phrase

"Utto nye usabia atoonyoba?"

— Another Common Jawa Phrase

The Jawa Trade Language is a variant of the Jawa language. Because Jawas used scents in their language that were not able to be distinguishable for non-Jawa traders, Jawas invented a spoken and written version that did not require scents. This language is widely accepted by Jawas as the easiest way to communicate verbally with non-Jawas. Jawas lack the ability to speak Basic and many other languages without assistance.

The language has been both useful for trading with Jawas and the cause of numerous jokes about Jawas. It is complicated for some races to learn, but as easy as directly translating words for other races.

Common Words

While most words are able to be directly translatable into the Jawaese alphabet, some words do not follow this rule. To translate those words, the Basic-based word must first be replaced by its Jawaese counterpart and then the letters are directly translatable to Jawaese.

• Above - tilba
• All - beton
• Always - gomjam
• And - un

See Also

• Jawa
• List of Jawas