The Aurebesh Translator converts English into Aurebesh, the alphabet used across the Star Wars galaxy, and turns Aurebesh back into English. Each letter maps to one Aurebesh symbol, with eight extra symbols for letter pairs like "ch" and "sh". Type to encode, or tap the on-screen keys to decode.
Glyph Keyboard — tap a symbol to decode it
How the Aurebesh Translator Works
Type any English text into the top field and the translator renders it instantly in Aurebesh below. Most letters map one to one, so "JEDI" becomes four symbols in the same order. Aurebesh also has eight dedicated symbols for common letter pairs (ch, ae, eo, kh, ng, oo, sh, th), and the tool uses these automatically: "STARSHIP" renders the "sh" as a single Aurebesh character.
To read Aurebesh you find in a game, comic, or theme park, use the on-screen glyph keyboard. Tap the symbols you see and the English appears in the plain-text field. This is the same approach our Standard Galactic Alphabet and Bill Cipher tools use, because these alphabets are not built into your keyboard.
Use Clear to start over, or Load Example to drop in a sample phrase.
The Aurebesh Alphabet
Aurebesh is an alphabet, not a separate language. It is a set of symbols for writing Galactic Basic, the common tongue of the Star Wars galaxy, which on screen is simply English. Because each symbol stands for a fixed letter or letter pair, any English text can be written in Aurebesh and read straight back with a chart.
That makes it a substitution alphabet, the same idea as Wingdings and the Standard Galactic Alphabet from Minecraft. The full set has 34 characters: 26 for the single letters plus 8 for digraphs. The name "Aurebesh" itself comes from its first two letters, Aurek and Besh, the galactic equivalent of saying "the ABCs".
Download the printable Aurebesh alphabet chart (PDF): a one-page A-Z reference with the eight digraphs, free to print for classrooms, parties, and Star Wars fans.
Letter Chart
The full mapping between English and Aurebesh, including the eight digraphs.
| Letter | Aurebesh |
|---|---|
| A | a |
| B | b |
| C | c |
| D | d |
| E | e |
| F | f |
| G | g |
| H | h |
| I | i |
| J | j |
| K | k |
| L | l |
| M | m |
| Letter | Aurebesh |
|---|---|
| N | n |
| O | o |
| P | p |
| Q | q |
| R | r |
| S | s |
| T | t |
| U | u |
| V | v |
| W | w |
| X | x |
| Y | y |
| Z | z |
Digraphs
Eight common letter pairs have their own dedicated Aurebesh symbol:
| Pair | Aurebesh |
|---|---|
| CH | ch |
| AE | ae |
| EO | eo |
| KH | kh |
| NG | ng |
| OO | oo |
| SH | sh |
| TH | th |
Numbers
Aurebesh has its own numeral glyphs for digits 0–9:
| Digit | Aurebesh |
|---|---|
| 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 4 | 4 |
| 5 | 5 |
| 6 | 6 |
| 7 | 7 |
| 8 | 8 |
| 9 | 9 |
Punctuation
Common punctuation marks with their Aurebesh equivalents:
| Symbol | Aurebesh |
|---|---|
| . | . |
| , | , |
| ! | ! |
| ? | ? |
| : | : |
| ; | ; |
| " | " |
| ' | ' |
| ( | ( |
| ) | ) |
| - | - |
| & | & |
| @ | @ |
| # | # |
History
Aurebesh began as set dressing. The angular symbols first appeared on computer screens in Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (1983), drawn from shapes the film's art department used as background detail. For a decade they were just decoration with no fixed meaning.
The usable alphabet came later. In 1993, designer Stephen Crane redrew those symbols into a complete 34-character alphabet for West End Games' Star Wars roleplaying line, with Lucasfilm's approval, so players could actually write and read it. It caught on, and Aurebesh has since appeared throughout official Star Wars, from Rebels and The Mandalorian to the signage at Galaxy's Edge theme parks. For another sci-fi script to decode, try our Klingon translator, or browse the full Cipher and Encoding Tools hub.
Frequently Asked Questions
Aurebesh is the alphabet used to write Galactic Basic, the common language of the Star Wars galaxy. It is a set of symbols that map to English letters, so any English text can be written in it. The name comes from its first two letters, Aurek and Besh.
No. Aurebesh is an alphabet, not a language. It is a way of writing English (Galactic Basic on screen), the same way the Latin alphabet writes English. There is no separate Aurebesh grammar or vocabulary to learn, just the symbols.
Type English into the translator above and it renders in Aurebesh instantly. To read Aurebesh, tap the symbols on the on-screen glyph keyboard and the English appears. The full mapping is in the letter chart.
Yes. Alongside the 26 single letters, Aurebesh has eight digraph symbols for common letter pairs: ch, ae, eo, kh, ng, oo, sh, and th. The translator applies these automatically, so "ship" uses the single "sh" symbol.
Galactic Basic is the spoken language (rendered as English); Aurebesh is the written alphabet for it. So characters in Star Wars speak Galactic Basic and write it in Aurebesh, just as we speak English and write it in the Latin alphabet.
The symbols first appeared as background detail in Return of the Jedi (1983). The complete, usable alphabet was created by Stephen Crane in 1993 for West End Games' Star Wars roleplaying products, with Lucasfilm's approval.
Yes. Download our free printable Aurebesh alphabet chart (PDF), a one-page reference with all 26 letters plus the eight digraphs. Free to use at home, in classrooms, and at parties.