How do Jedi know so many languages?

Comprehend Speech was a Force ability that enables a Jedi to understand the spoken language of any sentient he/she was interacting with, though it does not necessarily allow him/her to speak it, merely understand the general meaning. Mace Windu used this ability to understand Kar Vastor’s guttural language.

What language do Jedi speak?

Galactic Basic
Galactic Basic, often simply Basic, is the lingua franca of the Star Wars universe, for which the language in which the works are dubbed or written acts as a stand-in.

Why does everyone in Star Wars speak the same language?

As far as interspecies communication goes throughout, this is solved by reliance on a universal lingua franca which all the main characters speak. Known as Galactic Basic, or often simply Basic, the idea appears to have originated in the expanded universe in the 1979 novel Han Solo’s Revenge by Brian Daley.

Can a Hutt speak basic?

Although most Hutts were fluent in spoken and written Basic, they considered Huttese to be a much superior language to Basic, and exclusively addressed others in it, often relying on protocol droids to translate for them. Some Hutts talked with their Nikto servants in Nikto language.

What languages does Anakin Skywalker speak?

Anabasis Anakin | Amatakka, Huttese, Ryl, Basic, Binary, Nubaé, Alda, Neimoidian, Rodian, Kaminoan, Chandrilan, Mando’a, Togruti, Mirialan, and Shyriiwook. (Palpatine realized fairly early that his apprentice had an aptitude for language and that this made for a very useful tool.)

Do humans in Star Wars speak English?

The answer is they aren’t speaking English. In the Star Wars universe the common language is called Basic. Any spoken English is understood to be basic while alien languages are subtitled. This goes back to a storytelling trope from the beginning of sound films called Translation Convention.