IGLBS

The IGLBS or Intergalactic Language Bandwidth Scale was a scale used by the Republic and later the imperial department of Exolinguistics. The IGLBS categorized languages on their Bandwidth or the rate at which they could communicate, the scale was as follows:

The Scale.
1. Pheromones

2. Non-Sentient Vocalizations

3. Human Speech

4. Copper (i.e Telegraph)

5. Radio

6. Thought

7. Speed of Light

All known languages or forms of communication were