Chief Linguist
Chief Linguist was a position. At one time, it was held by Jorus Trass at the Almas Jedi Academy, who studied the Tarasin skintone language. Arner Figgis was Chief Linguist at the University of Be'nal on Issor.
Sources
"Old Corellian: A Guide for the Curious Scholar" – Star Wars Adventure Journal 7 (First appearance)
"Shades of Meaning" (original article link) on Wizards.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
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