Sith language

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The Sith language was the native language of the people of Ziost and Korriban. It was later expanded upon and evolved when the second generation of Dark Jedi split from the Jedi Order in 7,000 BBY, just after the Battle of Corbos. Even after the extinction of the Sith species, the language was preserved in Sith holocrons, temples, and tomes, and individuals as modern as Vergere, Dr'uun Unnh, and Jerec spoke it. There is a possibility that the Sith Lord Darth Nihilus spoke this language, as his speech sounds verbally identical to the voices within Sith Holocrons.

The Sith language was written in hooked and barbed hieroglyphs. Due to their close connections to the Sith language, they may well have been related to, and possibly even spawned the Massassi language.

[edit] Known vocabulary

Derriphan - Devourer
Jen - Dark, Shadow, Hidden
Jidai - Jedi
'ari - Lord
Jen'ari - Dark Lord (of the Sith)
Jen'jidai - "Dark Jedi" (referring specifically to the Dark Jedi Exiles of the Hundred Year Darkness)
Jensaarai - Hidden followers of truth
Jiaasjen - "integrating the shadow"
Kissai - Priest caste
Massassi - Warrior caste
Sith'ari - Lord/Overlord
Saarai - "truth"
Saarai-kaar - Keeper of truth
Taral - He who protects
Tyro - Sith trainee yet to become an apprentice to a Master (Used by the Lost Tribe of Sith , may be Keshiri in origin)

[edit] Phrases

Zhol kash dinora. - It is done.
Ja'ak. - I am free.
Vexok savaka. - Wake up, there is work to do.

[edit] Audio

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	Exar Kun speaks in the Sith language
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	Exar Kun speaks in the Sith language again
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