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MANDO’A NOTES

So a couple people were asking to see my Mando’a language notes, so here we go. It’s pretty much the exact same stuff that you can find on the Wookie Legends page, but I don’t know if other people have the same issues I do with Wookiepedia? (Makes my computer crash like nobodies business).

Anyway, hope there are helpful.

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A bunch of you are into Mando’a, so here you go!

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Hi! I’m trying to figure out some last names for a fic, and I can’t really find anything on Mandalorian naming conventions? I’m fine making stuff up if necessary, but I’d prefer to use existing framework if I can. So, do you have any info on the do’s, don’ts, and how/what/where/whys of Mando’a names?

It looks like Mando surnames follow a lot of the same conventions as common real-life ones. They can be based on Mando’a words (Fett comes from vhett, Vevut may come from ve’vut) and they can represent a clan’s traditional profession (Fett would mean farmer, and some early members of the Fett clan worked as farmers). So it would be fine to base your last names off of Mando’a words. On the other hand, plenty of other clan names seem not to have this affiliation, so it would also be okay to just make one up. If you’re going to make one up, keep in mind that Mando’a doesn’t have the letters ‘f’, ‘x’ or ‘z’. A name that contains those letters when translated into Basic (like Fett) would contain ‘vh’ instead of ‘f’ and ’s’ instead of ‘z’ in its original Mando’a form. There is no known substitute for ‘x’, but not a lot of words start with ‘x’ anyway. If you haven’t already found it, I would recommend this Mando’a dictionary to look for words and their meanings. The Wookieepedia article also has a bunch of grammar and convention stuff.

So yeah, you’ve got a lot of freedom here. Good luck!

~ Jacen

Thank you for answering that! Is there any type of “ceremony” that either is a thing, or could be repurposed? The non-Mando has been having a VERY bad time of things, and the Mando wants to distract him with excessive pomp.

The closest thing I can find is a few old songs and chants that the Mando could preform. None of them are very relevant to your specific scenario, but your non-Mando doesn’t have to know that. Ka’rta Tor is one that’s a nice length, you can look at it here. Naasad’guur mhi – Mhi n’ulu (the “official” name of the song is unknown) is supposed to sound pretty solemn even though it really isn’t, so that could be a pretty convincing stand-in. Here’s the link to it. And a few more songs if you want more options. As for actual, full-on ceremonies, I couldn’t think of or find any that would work. There aren’t many records of ceremonies, besides the death ceremony. Sorry :/

A lot of these songs were preformed with some kind of drum or instrument, though, so there’s no reason why you couldn’t spice it up a bit. Hopefully one of these will work alright for you!

~ Jacen

I’m having a Mandalorian character swear, to a non-Mando, that they will not perform a certain action. Is there any type of oath that would work for that in Mando culture? And if there isn’t anything in sources, what might it be like? The non-Mando character hadn’t been serious in suggesting a formal oath, but the Mando character decided to take him up on it for lulz, and to make it as fancy/formal/etc as possible.

Haat, ijaa, haa’it is something said to seal a pact, meaning “truth, honor, vision.” It’s not that fancy, but I figure it would still throw your non-Mando character a bit. You could also develop your own little phrase to suit the conversation more specifically, in which case you might want to use ori’haat (it’s the truth, I swear) somewhere in there. An ending like oya! could serve to add a little humor and further confuse your non-Mando. Anyway, if you do want to make up your own saying I would give this Mando’a dictionary a shot, and the Wookieepedia artice on grammar.

Feel free to ask again if you get stuck. Good luck!

~ Jacen