Galactic Basic Standard

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"Basic, motherfucker, do you speak it?!"
Mace Windu

Galactic Basic Standard, or basic for short, was the official form of communication in most areas of the galaxy, particularly under the iron-fistedly-monolingual reign of the Galactic Empire. It was derived from Proto-Mando-Basic, the common root language for all humanoids.

Derivations

Because it was so very…well…basic (pause for laughs), Basic eventually differentiated into dialects that evolved into the following languages:

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To facilitate communication among the hearing-impaired, a new form of basic was developed that involved hand gestures. It was referred to as Visual Basic.