Counting in Jawaese
Language overview
Jawaese is a fictional language that belongs to the Star Wars universe. It is spoken by the Jawas of the planet Tatooine. This language has been created by Ben Burtt, sound designer for the Star Wars movies, and is inspired by the sounds of the Zulu language.
Due to lack of data, we can only count accurately up to 10 in Jawaese. Please contact me if you can help me counting up from that limit.
Jawaese numbers list
- 1 – po
- 2 – ko
- 3 – kyo
- 4 – yo
- 5 – dyo
- 6 – lyo
- 8 – ho
- 9 – to
- 10 – kisewa
- 100 – gakisewa
- 1,000 – hakisewa
- one hundred million – jo jo muma
Jawaese numbering rules
Now that you’ve had a gist of the most useful numbers, let’s move to the writing rules for the tens, the compound numbers, and why not the hundreds, the thousands and beyond (if possible).
- Digits from one to nine are specific words, with the exception of seven which does not exist in the Jawaese arithmetics: po [1], ko [2], kyo [3], yo [4], dyo [5], lyo [6], ho [8], and to [9].
- The only documented ten is kisewa [10].
- Three powers of ten are also known: gakisewa [100], hakisewa [1,000], and jo jo muma [one hundred million].
Write a number in full in Jawaese
Let’s move now to the practice of the numbering rules in Jawaese. Will you guess how to write a number in full? Enter a number and try to write it down in your head, or maybe on a piece of paper, before displaying the result.
Books
Dark Lens
by Cédric Delsaux, editors Xavier Barral (2011)
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Galactic Phrase Book and Travel Guide
by Ben Burtt, editors Del Rey (2001)
[ Amazon.com]
A Guide to the Star Wars Universe
by Bill Slavicsek, editors LucasBooks (2000)
[ Amazon.com]
Dark Lens
by Cédric Delsaux, editors Xavier Barral (2011)
[ Amazon.com]
Source
Star Wars languages
Bocce, Ewokese, Gunganese, Huttese, Jawaese, Mandalorian, Neimoidian, and Shyriiwook.
Other supported languages
As the other currently supported languages are too numerous to list extensively here, please select a language from the full list of supported languages.