Ur-Kittât

**ur-Kittât**, also called **Sith** or **Balc**, was a language used primarily by members of the Tsis species or the Sith Order. The language was native to Korriban but was used widely in the Sith Worlds region of the Outer Rim Territories. After the near-extinction of the Tsis species, it became adopted by the Sith Order and was often used as a secret language for communication and for use in applications of Sith alchemy. It was distinguished by its harshness, with few soft sounds in the language.

## Usage

"*Kintik hadzuska sutta chwituskak! Kintik hadzuska sutta chwituskak! Jiaasjen Jidai, jiaasjen Jidai!*"
―Darth Sidious speaking in ur-Kittât as part of a ritual[src]
While originally used as a speaking language between members of the Tsis species, the language was taken by the Sith Order to be used for a variety of effects, sometimes as a code and also as writing on the tombs of dead Sith.

The language also saw use in Sith alchemy, where reciting words in the language were used to influence the Force in spells, such as dark illusion, where a Force vision was cast on a person from a distance. The Shroudspinning ritual also required ur-Kittât incantations.

## Written forms

The written form of ur-Kittât was just called Kittât, and was present in many places of Sith importance around the galaxy, most notably in Sith runes on sarcophagi and the walls of Sith temples.

## Grammar

When translated into Galactic Basic, an apostrophe was used as an indication of the phrase "of the," like the word "Sith'ari" which means "Overlord of the Sith," except in this case Tsis was replaced with Sith to be easier to pronounce for members of other species. Compounding of words in ur-Kittât was very common, and many complex concepts and ideas were often expressed with one word.

### Consonants and vowels

All consonants in Basic existed in ur-Kittât except b, f, p, and x—though the sound "vh" was often Basicized into "ph," which made the sound of the "f" consonant. Usages of the "ts" sound were also sometimes Basicized to "x." Some instances of the "k" and "v" consonants in words were also Basicized into a "b." The letter "q" in the language was indistinguishable from the "g" sound in Basic, and thus was used in transliterations of the language. The same rule existed for the letters "r" and "l," which in ur-Kittât made the same consonant sound.

There existed nine vowels in ur-Kittât: a (short a), â (ah), e (eh), i (ee or ih), o (oh), oi (oy), ai (aye), u (uh), and û (oo). Unique characters existed for consonant combinations with "w" and "y," namely tw, dw, mw, nw, tsw, dzw, ty, dy, my, ny, tsy, and dzy.

Curiously, when naming planets, the language never ended a planet's name with a vowel sound, a quirk which did not find its way into Basic translations of primarily Tsis worlds, such as Jaguada or Ashas Ree.

### Verb conjugation

All verbs in the ur-Kittât language ended with the suffixes -ere or -are, and conjugating verbs was simple. The root of the verb would have various other suffixes added on to change the meaning of the verb. The suffix -ta, for example, was added on to make a verb an imperative (command). For clarity, all the examples below will utilize the verb "kare," meaning "to take."

**Present active**

**Past active**

**Future active**

For the passive mood, the ending is not removed and instead a "z" is added on to the end, and then the same ending as the active.

**Present passive**

**Past passive**

**Future passive**

## Appearances

* "The Making of a Sith"
* "The Rite"
* *Secrets Revealed* Chapter I — *Trial and Sacrifice*
* "The Corruption of Regeneration"
* *Soul Searching* Ahsoka I — *Voices* (Mentioned only)

## Sources

* *The Skywalker Saga Supplement*
* *Expanding the Unexpanded*

## Notes and references

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 *Secrets Revealed* Chapter I — *Trial and Sacrifice*
2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.20 2.21 2.22 2.23 2.24 2.25 2.26 2.27 2.28 2.29 *Expanding the Unexpanded*
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 "The Making of a Sith"
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 "The Rite"
5. ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 GrandChewbacca's expansion of ur-Kittât's rules
6. ↑ *The Astronomy Guide*
7. ↑ "The Corruption of Regeneration"
8. ↑ *The Skywalker Saga Supplement*