The High Speech is the language used by the gunslingers of In-World. It is a language very similar to English with a few words exclusively used in the High Speech. Very few people speak it during the series due to "the world moving on".
Partial Glossary
- An-Tet
- —As a ka-tet
- Aven Kal
- —Literal: lifted on the wind, carried on the wave
- —What happens when a Beam wants to communicate with someone
- Char
- —A root word meaning death
- Charyou Tree
- —Root word char. Human sacrifice to punish sins and bring good crops
- Commala
- —Celebration of the harvest season (also has many non-High Speech slang meanings)
- Dan-Dinh
- —To turn over one's insoluble problems to one's dinh
- Dan-Tete
- —Little savior
- Dash-Dinh
- —Religious leader
- Delah
- —Many
- Dinh
- —Lord, leader
- Gan
- —The creator of the universe
- Irina
- —The healing madness that comes after loss
- Ka
- —Destiny or fate
- Ka-Dinh
- —Leader of ka-tet
- Kal
- —More forceful version of "kas", hurricane or tsunami
- Ka-Mai
- —Ka's fool, someone with hope but no real choices
- —Fool of ka-tet
- Ka-Me
- —Opposite of ka-mai, ka's wiseman
- Kammen
- —Chimes
- Kas
- —Wind
- —Wave
- Ka-Shume
- —Feeling that ka-tet is about to break
- Ka-Tel
- —Class of apprentice gunslingers
- Ka-Tet
- —A group of people summoned and bound by ka
- Kes
- —Strength
- Khef
- —Water of life
- —The sharing of thoughts between members of ka-tet
- Manni
- —A religious group
- Ma'Sun
- —War-chest; a collection of weapons
- Mia
- —Mother
- Popkin
- —Sandwich
- Prim
- —The sea of primal chaos that the universe arose from. It has receded since the universe has progressed
- Rustle
- —To take a woman by force, to rape a woman
- -sai
- —A polite extension meaning Sir or Ma'am
- Seppe-Sai
- —The death-seller
- Sh'veen
- —Side-wife
- -soh
- —A polite extension directed to younger persons; used in place of -sai
- Telamei
- —To gossip about someone that you shouldn't gossip about
- Thankee
- —"Thank you". Always followed by the extension -sai
- Thinny
- —A "weak spot" in reality where it has grown unstable
- See main article: Thinny
- Twinner
- —A doppelganger of a person found in a different level of the Tower
- Urs-A-Ka Gan
- —The song of the Bear
- —The cry or scream of the Bear
- Ves'-Ka Gan
- —The song of the Turtle