diff --git a/code/modules/language/language_holder.dm b/code/modules/language/language_holder.dm
index b436935b5d..24f56a8dbb 100644
--- a/code/modules/language/language_holder.dm
+++ b/code/modules/language/language_holder.dm
@@ -317,7 +317,6 @@ Key procs
 								/datum/language/slime = list(LANGUAGE_ATOM),
 								/datum/language/dwarf = list(LANGUAGE_ATOM),
 								/datum/language/neokanji = list(LANGUAGE_ATOM),
-								/datum/language/schechi = list(LANGUAGE_ATOM),
 								// SKYRAT EDIT - additional languages
 								/datum/language/modular_sand/solcommon = list(LANGUAGE_ATOM),
 								/datum/language/modular_sand/technorussian = list(LANGUAGE_ATOM),
@@ -329,7 +328,6 @@ Key procs
 							/datum/language/slime = list(LANGUAGE_ATOM),
 							/datum/language/dwarf = list(LANGUAGE_ATOM),
 							/datum/language/neokanji = list(LANGUAGE_ATOM),
-							/datum/language/schechi = list(LANGUAGE_ATOM),
 							// SKYRAT EDIT - additional languages
 							/datum/language/modular_sand/solcommon = list(LANGUAGE_ATOM),
 							/datum/language/modular_sand/technorussian = list(LANGUAGE_ATOM),
diff --git a/modular_splurt/code/modules/language/language_holder.dm b/modular_splurt/code/modules/language/language_holder.dm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a526fa7c16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modular_splurt/code/modules/language/language_holder.dm
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+/datum/language_holder/synthetic/New()
+	. = ..()
+	understood_languages += list(/datum/language/schechi = list(LANGUAGE_ATOM))
+	spoken_languages += list(/datum/language/schechi = list(LANGUAGE_ATOM))
diff --git a/tgstation.dme b/tgstation.dme
index d3d78f319f..0396ee3712 100644
--- a/tgstation.dme
+++ b/tgstation.dme
@@ -4716,6 +4716,7 @@
 #include "modular_splurt\code\modules\keybindings\keybind\communication.dm"
 #include "modular_splurt\code\modules\keybindings\keybind\human.dm"
 #include "modular_splurt\code\modules\keybindings\keybind\movement.dm"
+#include "modular_splurt\code\modules\language\language_holder.dm"
 #include "modular_splurt\code\modules\language\xenocommon.dm"
 #include "modular_splurt\code\modules\mapping\mapping_helpers\baseturf.dm"
 #include "modular_splurt\code\modules\mentor\mentor_mouse.dm"