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Foxboy · 12-26-2009, 03:06 AM

Here's a website for the language created for Avatar:

Learn Navi dot org

And a radio interview with
the Linguist.
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''

-- James Nicoll

Black Aeronaut · 12-26-2009, 10:27 AM

Oh really? *Checks it out*

Whoa... Little deep for me. This is written for linguists.

Sweno · 12-26-2009, 06:59 PM

they are certainly getting their geek on Smile

-Terry
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"so listen up boy, or pornography starring your mother will be the second worst thing to happen to you today"
TF2: Spy

Foxboy · 12-26-2009, 07:23 PM

They DO go on there, don't they? And admittedly the transcription does require knowledge of a character set uncommon in the US. However, most European dictionaries are now using the IPA for their phonetic respellings...

Right off. I can give you a rough estimate on how to say some of the "complicated" sounds:

The "ejectives" [tx, px, kx] Put a lot of force behind t, p, or k, trying for a sound like, but not quite, a click of the tongue. Helps if you imagine a big puff of air being ejected .

The glottal stop, represented in Na'vi by the apostrophe is what we in English use at the hyphen in "uh-oh" or in certain British varieties use to replace "t" in "bottle"

"e" in written Na'vi is kind of like the "or" in Received Pronunciation/BBC English's version of "world."
"a" is like the a in Japanese or Italian
"ä" , with the umlaut, is like the a in General American's pronunciation of "cat"

Aheh, nvm just realized they've got a decent chart on the first page there.

It is rough, but then, it was mainly intended for actors, so everything is POSSIBLE to say by a human voice.

It may help to realize that Marc Okrand's Klingon Dictionary is about as difficult to grasp from a first-timer's perspective.
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''

-- James Nicoll

Foxboy · 12-26-2009, 07:40 PM

Found a translation by Doctor Frommer for a line from another James Cameron movie:

[table]

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Foxboy Established Member Posts: 3,315 Threads: 306 Joined: Feb 2004 Reputation: 0 Move over, Klingon: Introducing Na'vi #1 12-26-2009, 03:06 AM Here's a website for the language created for Avatar: Learn Navi dot org And a radio interview with the Linguist. ''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.'' -- James Nicoll Find Reply Black Aeronaut Senior Member Posts: 8,933 Threads: 386 Joined: May 2006 Reputation: 3 #2 12-26-2009, 10:27 AM Oh really? Checks it out Whoa... Little deep for me. This is written for linguists. Find Reply Sweno Established Member Posts: 2,354 Threads: 83 Joined: Jul 2005 Reputation: 0 #3 12-26-2009, 06:59 PM they are certainly getting their geek on -Terry ----- "so listen up boy, or pornography starring your mother will be the second worst thing to happen to you today" TF2: Spy Find Reply Foxboy Established Member Posts: 3,315 Threads: 306 Joined: Feb 2004 Reputation: 0 #4 12-26-2009, 07:23 PM They DO go on there, don't they? And admittedly the transcription does require knowledge of a character set uncommon in the US. However, most European dictionaries are now using the IPA for their phonetic respellings... Right off. I can give you a rough estimate on how to say some of the "complicated" sounds: The "ejectives" [tx, px, kx] Put a lot of force behind t, p, or k, trying for a sound like, but not quite, a click of the tongue. Helps if you imagine a big puff of air being ejected . The glottal stop, represented in Na'vi by the apostrophe is what we in English use at the hyphen in "uh-oh" or in certain British varieties use to replace "t" in "bottle" "e" in written Na'vi is kind of like the "or" in Received Pronunciation/BBC English's version of "world." "a" is like the a in Japanese or Italian "ä" , with the umlaut, is like the a in General American's pronunciation of "cat" Aheh, nvm just realized they've got a decent chart on the first page there. It is rough, but then, it was mainly intended for actors, so everything is POSSIBLE to say by a human voice. It may help to realize that Marc Okrand's Klingon Dictionary is about as difficult to grasp from a first-timer's perspective. ''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.'' -- James Nicoll Find Reply Foxboy Established Member Posts: 3,315 Threads: 306 Joined: Feb 2004 Reputation: 0 #5 12-26-2009, 07:40 PM Found a translation by Doctor Frommer for a line from another James Cameron movie: [table]
Txo	new	nga	rivey,	oehu!
if	want	2	live	1-with
Come with me if you want to live.
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