Nelvaanese

Nelvaanese was the native language of the Nelvaanian species from Nelvaan.

Bothan traders incorporated Nelvaanese phrases into trade dialects that could be found in the vicinity of Nelvaan.^[1] Obi-Wan Kenobi learned some of these dialects while he was traveling with Qui-Gon Jinn.^[2]

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Behind the scenes

Nelvaanese is based on Hungarian, probably because Genndy Tartakovsky's wife is from Hungary.
Some phrases from Star Wars: Clone Wars are:

• Az ördög az enyém, mindent elrontottál. Ez volt az én próbám - The devil is mine. You ruined everything. It was my trial.

• Elrontottátok a tesztet. - You messed up the test. (Here, "you" is plural)

• Meg kell ezt beszélnünk Anakitusz szellemével. - We must discuss this with the spirit of Anakitus.

• Holt Kezed - your dead hand

• Ez egy kicsit fájni fog. - This will hurt a bit.

Apu - daddy, father, colloqiual

• Orvos - doctor

• Nem tudtál? Nem tudtál így beszélni? - Couldn't you? Couldn't speak this tongue?

The speech of mutated Nelvaanians sounds notably different and is based on Russian, which is Genndy Tartakovsky's native language.
Some phrases are:

• Ya dolzhen eto ubrat ("Я должен это убрать") - I must remove this.

• Ne mozhem bolshe terpet ("Не можем больше терпеть") - We cannot tolerate this any longer.

• My mozhem idti domoy. Idyom domoy!" ("Мы можем идти домой. Идем домой!") - We can go home. Let's go home!

• Wam tuda ("Вам туда") - That way.

Appearances

• Star Wars: Clone Wars — "Chapter 22" (First appearance)
• Star Wars: Clone Wars — "Chapter 23"
• Star Wars: Clone Wars — "Chapter 24"
• Star Wars: Clone Wars — "Chapter 25"

Sources

• The Clone Wars Campaign Guide
• Nelvaan in the Databank (original site is defunct) (First identified as Nelvaanese)

Notes and references