Shen (letter)
Within the Aurebesh alphabet, the thirty-third character is represented by . Its phonetic equivalent is "shen," and it corresponds to the /SH/ sound.
The Story Behind It
The purpose of Shen is to act as a unique letter representing the SH sound, mirroring the function of characters like Š/Sz in certain Slavic languages or Ш in the Cyrillic script. As a result, "Aurebesh" is written as besh-esk-shen, instead of besh-esk-senth-herf.
References
- Star Wars Gamemaster Screen, Revised
- Imperial Entanglements
- Alien Encounters
- The Written Word on Hyperspace (article) (This article's content is outdated, and a backup link is unavailable)