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
- —An intimate emotional link among those linked by the same destiny.
- —Can also imply sexual intimacy
- Aven Kal
- —Literal: lifted on the wind, carried on the wave
- —What happens when a Beam wants to communicate with someone
- Aye
- —An affirmation response; yes.
- Can-Char
- —Death Gods.
- 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)
- Chassit
- —An old High Speech word for the number, nineteen
- Chissit
- —An old High Speech word for the number, eighteen
- Chussit
- —An old High Speech word for the number, seventeen
- 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
- See main article: Gan
- Glammer
- —Enchantment or magic
- Graf
- —A strong apple beer
- Gunna
- —All of one's worldly possessions
- Heartbox
- —The internal box which produces all of man's feelings of love and sadness, joy and regret
- Hile
- —A formal Mid-World greeting or summons
- Irina
- —The healing madness that comes after loss
- Ka
- —Destiny or fate
- See main article: Ka
- 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
- See main article: Ka-Tet
- Kes
- —Strength
- Ki'Box
- —The internal box which houses all of man's selfish drives, petty jealousness, and the nastiest, darkest secrets of their souls
- Khef
- —Water of life
- —The sharing of thoughts between members of ka-tet
- —Life force
- Manni
- —A religious group
- See main article: Manni
- 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
- Tet
- —A group of people with the same interests and goals
- —An abbreviated form of ka-tet
- Thankee
- —"Thank you". Always followed by the extension -sai
- Thinny
- —A "weak spot" in reality where it has grown unstable
- See main article: Thinny
- Thoughtbox
- —The internal box which hatches all the head's ideas and dreams.
- Twinner
- —A doppelganger of a person found in a different level of the Tower
- See main article: Twinners
- Uffi
- —A shapeshifter
- See main article: Uffi
- Urs-A-Ka Gan
- —The song of the Bear
- —The cry or scream of the Bear
- Ves'-Ka Gan
- —The song of the Turtle