Aurebesh

E702512

Aurebesh is the standardized writing system used to represent the Galactic Basic language in the Star Wars universe.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Aurebesh canonical 6
Hylian script 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (60)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constructed script
fictional writing system
appearsIn Star Wars comics
Star Wars films
linked to: Star Wars

Star Wars franchise
linked to: Star Wars

Star Wars novels
Star Wars television series
basedOn Latin alphabet (design inspiration)
category Star Wars language element
createdBy Joe Johnston
Stephen Crane
fanUse cosplay and fan art
fictionalUniverse Star Wars universe
linked to: Star Wars
firstAppearance Return of the Jedi
hasLetterSet Aurek
Besh
Cresh
Dorn
Esk
Forn
Grek
Herf
Isk
Jenth
Krill
Leth
Mern
Nern
Osk
Peth
Qek
Resh
Senth
Trill
Usk
Vev
Wesk
Xesh
Yirt
Zerek
hasLigatures cherek
enth
krenth
nen
onith
orenth
shen
thesh
hasTransliteration one-to-one mapping to English letters
hasUnicodeSupport yes (via custom fonts and Private Use Area)
laterStandardizationSource Star Wars Roleplaying Game (West End Games)
numberOfPrimaryLetters 26
scriptType alphabet
standardFor Galactic Basic Standard
usedBy Galactic Empire (in-universe)
linked to: Galactic Empire

New Republic (in-universe)
linked to: New Republic
usedFor writing Galactic Basic Standard
usedOn computer displays in Star Wars
in-universe signage
writingDirection left-to-right

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.