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Shikkri, the language of the Shapeshifters, had remained largely unchanged for untold thousands of years, probably due to the promotion of literacy and a written language in around 50,000 BBY. The use of Shikkri was primarily restricted to Shapeshifters because of the race's isolationist nature, though it became more widespread when the Pureblood Shapeshifters unintentionally moved into the Outer Rim planet of Kowak V. Its use in the known part of the galaxy mostly died out with the eradication of nearly all of the Pureblood Shapeshifters in 3953 BBY. Because this incident drew the Lorsanan Shapeshifters away from the galaxy as a whole for fear the same would happen to them, only a few remaining Purebloods were known to use this language, and then only with each other.

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  • Shikkri, the language of the Shapeshifters, had remained largely unchanged for untold thousands of years, probably due to the promotion of literacy and a written language in around 50,000 BBY. The use of Shikkri was primarily restricted to Shapeshifters because of the race's isolationist nature, though it became more widespread when the Pureblood Shapeshifters unintentionally moved into the Outer Rim planet of Kowak V. Its use in the known part of the galaxy mostly died out with the eradication of nearly all of the Pureblood Shapeshifters in 3953 BBY. Because this incident drew the Lorsanan Shapeshifters away from the galaxy as a whole for fear the same would happen to them, only a few remaining Purebloods were known to use this language, and then only with each other.
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  • Shikkri, the language of the Shapeshifters, had remained largely unchanged for untold thousands of years, probably due to the promotion of literacy and a written language in around 50,000 BBY. The use of Shikkri was primarily restricted to Shapeshifters because of the race's isolationist nature, though it became more widespread when the Pureblood Shapeshifters unintentionally moved into the Outer Rim planet of Kowak V. Its use in the known part of the galaxy mostly died out with the eradication of nearly all of the Pureblood Shapeshifters in 3953 BBY. Because this incident drew the Lorsanan Shapeshifters away from the galaxy as a whole for fear the same would happen to them, only a few remaining Purebloods were known to use this language, and then only with each other. Shikkri was typically very flowing and easy to say quickly, with very few 'harsh' sounds. This was a kind of anomaly, considering a Shapeshifter's vocal cords and general oral and jaw construction, but it was likely that they borrowed vocal cords and skull structures from other creatures of their planet. From evidence in the language construction and phonetics, it was likely that they copied a kind of songbird's vocal capabilities. Shikkri was a phonetic language, and the amount of races who would accurately pronounce it was fairly broad, though this was probably unintentional. Written Shikkri was at first composed of hard, straight lines due to limitations caused by the Shapeshifter's claws, but this changed when they discovered opposable thumbs. Their appreciation for aesthetic beauty led them to greatly stylize Shikkri into the curving, flowing letters found in written modern Shikkri. This also continued the trend in making their language sound musical and easy to incorporate into music.
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