High Sith Part 6
First Thought: Numbers!
I noticed that one of the characters I have written down looks very much like a number in Common Sith.
Some of these could be numbers! Not many of them, to be fair; it’d be incredibly unlikely to have 0-9 all on the page we can see. Regardless, I’d forgotten this possibility.
Also:
"While some supplemented the hieroglyphic writing to create a style for ecclesiastical uses, which was more ornate than its mundane counterpart"
Okay, High Sith is a combination of ancient Sith Hieroglyphs and new writing; it is not just descended from the hieroglyphs.
Second Thought: the Sith language may only have 23 sounds, but Kittat, another script for the same language, had 37 glyphs. High Sith might have more than 23.
This is because they have letters for consonant clusters, like ‘mw'.
Kittat wiki: Due to its various ecclesiastical uses (such as incantations and ritual writing), the Kittât might in fact be High Sith, but neither the Book of Sith nor Speak Like a Sith have specified it.
Yeah, we’re going to be ignoring this. I trust Freedon Nadd, he was an actual Sith Lord, and that’s definitely not what he was writing.
So, if we count numbers, the borrowed hieroglyphs, and the letters for consonant clusters, no wonder we had so many characters (maybe.)
So, which ones are hieroglyphs?
Look. Here’s Exar Kun with some ancient hieroglyphics.
Do you see?
That b*tch is a hieroglyph!!
It is a stretch? Maybe, but I have nothing else to consult, so it’s real, now. And anyway, Freedon Nadd was writing in cursive, things are going to look a little weird.
The ‘u’ is in there, too.
So, the Sith scribes supplemented in some of this and added some new stuff to create an ornate script for ecclesiastical purposes.
Turns out hieroglyphs can mean an idea, a word, or a sound. Not pleased.
Option A: the hieroglyphs were logographic/ideographic (each is a word), and were added in to a complete new set of syllabic characters to make High Sith. Added, not included.
Option B: the hieroglyphs were syllabic/alphabetic (each is a sound), and some were included in the new High Sith syllabic set of characters. Hieroglyphs are included and take up slots in alphabet.

















