What's What of Star Wars Writing Systems

Abednedish

Writing system used by Abednedo species. Seen written on resistance pilot Ello Asty's helmet in the Star Wars Episode 7 movie. Similar writing was also seen on Nien Nunb's helmet in the same movie.

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Aldhani script

Writing system used by the Dhani on the planet of Aldhani.

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Aqualish

Writing system used by the species of the same name. It shared certain structural similarities with the Huttese and Rodian languages. 

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Aurebesh

Writing system comprised of 34 letters used to transcribe Galactic Basic Standard, which was the most spoken language in the galaxy. 

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Alternate Aurebesh Numbering

This alternative numbering system has shown up in media, such as the Star Wars Rebels series, the Solo movie, The Mandalorian series, and the Obi-Wan Kenobi mini-series.

Alternate Aurebesh

Bazeese

Writing system used on planet Ferrix. Used alongside Aurebesh on signage and funerary stones. Seen in the Andor series. Symbols representing the digraphs OO and AA were also created. For AA, a letter A was used with a bigger circle/hole in the A.

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Chadra-Fan (Legends)

Language of the Chadra-Fan on Chad.

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Clynese

Writing system made up of curved and straight brush strokes and dots. Seen on the Millennium Falcon's escape pod and on a dataplaque on Dryden Vos' ship in the Solo movie.

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Coremaic

Ancient script that was in the sacred Jedi texts of the Rammahgon, as well as Tythonian Mastery Tokens given to Jedi Knights who attained the rank of Jedi Master during the High Republic era.

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Dathomirian script

Written form used by the Nightsisters of Dathomir.

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Dosh

Also known as Trandoshan, was the language used by Trandoshans.

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Dug

Language of the Dug species on Malastare.

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Ewokese (Legends)

Written form of Ewokese spoken by the Ewoks. Seen in an episode of the Ewoks tv series.

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Futhark

Ancient script of the Naboo. Used by royalty, nobility, the government, and the military. Common folk used another writing system called Futhork. Seen in the Star Wars Episode 1 movie.

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Futhork

Used by the Naboo on starship computer monitors and status displays. It was also used on helmets of engineers working for the Royal Naboo Security Forces. Seen in the Star Wars Episode 1 movie and The Mandalorian series.

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Geonosian

Written form of the language used by the Geonosians. Seen in the Star Wars Episode 2 movie and in an episode of the Star Wars Rebels series.

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Ghorfa (Legends)

Petroglyphs used by the the ancient Ghorfa on Tatooine thousands of years ago. The Ghorfa would later evolve into the Sand People or Tusken Raiders.

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Huttese (alternate)

Writing system used by the Hutts on Nal Hutta. Seen on Tatooine and in the capital city on Lothal. These characters were also shown on Shmi Skywalker's headstone in the Star Wars Episode 2 movie.

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Ithorese

Written form of the language used by Ithorians. 

*Note: In canon, this written form is similar to the Tusken and Dosh written languages seen on this page. Not sure if that was intentional or if both are merely placeholder texts for spoken alien languages in comics.

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Jawaese (Legends)

Written form of the language used by the Jawas. Seen in a comic featured in Star Wars Tales 2.

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Kittât (Legends)

One of the written languages of the Sith in Legends. Consisted of 37 glyphs and 6 vowels. This written form might also be High Sith.

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Mandalorian

Written form of Mando'a, which was spoken by the Mandalorian people. Despite the letters F, X, and Z not existing in Mando'a, they were included in the alphabet for ease of transliterating foreign words.*

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*Legends

Outer Rim Basic

Also known as Huttese, it was a 26-letter writing system transcribing Galactic Basic Standard. Sometimes used in conjunction with Aurebesh. Seen in the Star Wars Episode 1 movie, The Clone Wars series, The Bad Batch series, and The Mandalorian series.

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Protobesh

Ancient writing system that predated Aurebesh. It could be written horizontally or vertically. Important words were sometimes written inside cartouches. Protobesh is seen briefly in the movie Rogue One, the Andor series, and in the Obi-Wan miniseries.

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Rakatan (Legends)

Written form of the Rakata. Logographic writing system, where each symbol represented a word.

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Tionese

Ancient script. Called Old Tionese in Legends, it was eventually replaced by Galactic Basic Standard. The in-universe equivalent to the real-world Greek alphabet. Used in the old Jedi texts, written vertically. 

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Trade Huttese (Legends/Canon)

A writing system used in the 2002 video game Racer Revenge. It was also used in promotional materials for the 1997 anniversary release of the Original Trilogy. In canon, the writing was seen on a sign in a Max Rebo comic.

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Trade Federation Script

A writing system used by the Trade Federation and later the Separatists. Seen in Star Wars: The Clone Wars series, Star Wars Rebels series, and the prequel trilogy movies.

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Tythan glyphs (Legends)

Ancient writing system used on planet Tython by an early incarnation of the Jedi Order. The alphabet was on the bottom row of the tablet in the image below.

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Tusken

Seen in written form in the third issue of the Target Vader  comic miniseries.

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Umbara

The written form of Umbarese. Consisted of 26 letters and additional symbols for digits and punctuation. Used circle or circle segment shapes with dots, lines, and other internal features. Seen in the series The Clone Wars.

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Unidentified ancient script

Seen on the world of Arcana in a nightsister temple. The script was later seen on the planet Seatos and the end credits of the Ahsoka series.

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Ur-Kittât

Also known as both the Sith written language and the Old Tongue. Seen in the Star Wars Rebels series, Star Wars: The Clone Wars series, the Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order game, and the Star Wars Episode 9 movie. 

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Wookiee script

Writing system used by the Wookiees. A sign written in this script is seen in The Acolyte series. It reads "Keep Out".

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