Battle Language's "any special language of restricted etymology developed for clear-speech communication in warfare."[23]p.587
Bhotani Jib See Chakobsa. "I know the Bhotani Jib and the Chakobsa, all the hunting languages." [23]p.69
Chakobsa "The so called 'magnetic language ' derived in part from the ancient Bhotani ( Bhotani Jib – jib meaning Dialect ). A collection of ancient dialects modified by needs of secrecy, but chiefly the hunting language of the Bhotani , the hired assassins of the First Wars of Assassins."[23]p.588
"Miseces prejia," she said in the Chakobsa tongue. "Andral t're pera! Trada cik buscakri miseces perakri --" [23]p.69
"Cignoro hrobosa sukares hin mange la pchagavas doi me kamavas na beslas lele pal hrobas!""was saying that perhaps these were the strangers they sought."[23]p.321
"cielago"[23]p.321 Name for bats on Arrakis. a Chakobsa word."
"Kushti bakka te." More Chakobsa,[23]p.331 two squares of gauze into (...) the kerchief of the bakka," he said. [23]p.331
"sietch. It was a Chakobsa word, unchanged from the old hunting language out of countless centuries. Sietch: a meeting place in time of danger."[23]p.332
"Duy yakha bin mange," Chani whispered. "Duy punra bin mange. I have two eyes. I have two feet."[23]p.341
"Bi-la kaifa," Chani whispered.[23]p.341
"Ima trava okolo! I korenja okolo!" (...) translated silently: These are ashes! And these are roots! " [23]p.357
"Jan-jan-jan, she thought. Go-go-go."[23]p.365
"ghanima. In the subtleties of the Fremen tongue, the word meant "something acquired in battle" and with the added overtone that the something no longer was used for its original purpose. An ornament, a spearhead used as a curtain weight."[23]p.454
"I know the Bhotani Jib and the Chakobsa, all the hunting languages." [23]p.69
"For them, 'mektub al mellah', as the Fremen say.""The thing was written with salt," [28]p.22 translated.
"Sietch. The ancient Chakobsa word absorbed him: a place of retreat and safety in a time of peril."[28]p.32
Chakobsa word meanings.
Knife - Death Maker.
Shadout - Shadow. (I am presuming here that Jessica is referring to Shadout not Mapes as the word meaning Shadow)
Galach "official language of the Imperium. Hybrid Inglo-Slavic with strong traces of cultural-specialization terms adopted during the long chain of human migrations."[23]p.591 ""they didn't speak Galach on Arrakis"[23]p.45
Hunting Languages Chakobsa, Bhotani JIb.
Mirabhasa "a mirabhasa language, honed phalange consonants and joined vowels. It was an instrument for conveying fine emotional subtleties."[28]p.11
Old Tongue, The " . . . the shortening of the way." In the old tongue, the phrase translated as "Kwisatz Haderach." [23]p.156
Other Communication Methods
Communinet - "the communinet was certain"[23]P.94, a form of internet?
Radiograph - "I'll radiograph it in code and get if off."[23]P.93
Transceivers - "transceiver on his belt kit. (...) Thufir has my call code."[23]P.116
"Static electricity from sandstorms masks out many signals. Transmitters short out."[23]p.140
"micromanual with glowtab and magnifier. Green and orange letters leaped up at him from the pages:"[23]p.224
Fire-pillar - "thumpers, Fremkit, fire pillar . . ."[23]p.224 , a simple pyrorocket , used as a signal device.
"brought out a small cage, (...) a tiny bat. (...) The man took a tiny tube, held it beside the bat's head and chattered into the tube; then, lifting the creature high, he threw it upward."[23]p.251
"Now, I rushed the warning out to Rabban only because the courier had to leave on that Heighliner. You said there could be no delay."[23]p.431 its not the courier that really interests me here, but the fact they needed one, this sentence proves there is no inter planetary communication's, no "sub space " com’s. this also highlights that interplanetary news can be significantly behind on actual events, high-liners are fast but they are not instant, also there can be real or manufactured delays... for a price I am sure.
Secret Ways
"The leaf! She brushed a finger along the under surface, along the edge, along the stem. It was there! Her fingers detected the subtle coded dots, scanned them in a single passage:[23]p.91, this method is used by the Bene Gesserit, a form of brail.
"A rapping sounded at the airlock door , the code knock of one of Hawat's corps."[23]p.93
"one light off to their left grew brighter, began to wink back at the cliff, very fast: blinksquirt, glimmer, blink!"[23]p.95, the use of lights and codded patterns to send information, a form of morse code or something more complicated.
Minimic film- "shigawire of one-micron diameter often used to transmit espionage and counter-espionage data." [23]p.596 "the usual destruction capsule attached. We stopped the acid action just short of full erasure"[23]P.120
"Leto gave Halleck their private hand-signal to desist" [23]p.131
"give a hand signal to Idaho, telling him to mount guard here."[23]p.258
"code words in his father's message, guard-safe-secure-shortly. The problem was security, not violence."[23]p.168
Distrans - "A device for producing a temporary neural imprint on the nervous system of Chiroptera or birds. The creature's normal cry then carries the message imprint which can be sorted from that carrier wave by another distrans."[23]p.589
"He uses men to carry his distrans messages,(...) All great powers used the distrans in this age.(...)The distrans defied political cryptology because it relied on subtle distortions of natural sound patterns which could be scrambled with enormous intricacy."[28]p.40
"Jessica bent close to Paul's ear, speaking in the family code:"[23]p.360
"The pressure's on," the Count hummed to his lady in their secret language."[23]p.371 count Fenring.
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