| rdfs:comment | - It has been suggested the Skiff and Geisterspeak may be the same language or closely related languages. The word (or word root) "tok" probably means "to fight" in both languages. Also, the word "ni" has appeared in Skifandrian "Ni tok!" and Geisterspeak "Tokkah ni!" in such a context that it could be either an imperative form, or the word "to do". If so, word order is significant in both languages, as a preceding "ni" seems be a negation, in this case "do not" or "stop", while a following "ni" is the affirmative or imperative form, in this case "do it". (Alternatively, "tokkah" may indicate a failure to fight.)
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| abstract | - It has been suggested the Skiff and Geisterspeak may be the same language or closely related languages. The word (or word root) "tok" probably means "to fight" in both languages. Also, the word "ni" has appeared in Skifandrian "Ni tok!" and Geisterspeak "Tokkah ni!" in such a context that it could be either an imperative form, or the word "to do". If so, word order is significant in both languages, as a preceding "ni" seems be a negation, in this case "do not" or "stop", while a following "ni" is the affirmative or imperative form, in this case "do it". (Alternatively, "tokkah" may indicate a failure to fight.) While this alone is hardly conclusive evidence that the languages are closely related or even identical, it is probably too unlikely to be simple coincidence - and many apparently insignificant things in Girl Genius have already turned out to be significant for the plot. The plot significance of a relation between Geisterspeak and Skiff, of course, would be that it shows a close relation between the Geisterdamen and Skifander.
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