Comments on: Cameron made a New Language for Avatar’s Navi

By: Secret

Secret — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 04:45:44 +0000

Do u know? Avatars are about 3 metres tall, their necks are twice as long as an average human, and they have four times as much strength as an average human. Cool huh? Learned it from my pc game, haha!!!!

By: mayaa

mayaa — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 18:27:01 +0000

i love avatar movie neytiri looking nice

By: Rodney

Rodney — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:11:48 +0000

Pedro, most alien languages in films are not developed to the point of any real structure.

No one is learning Wookie, Rodian, Sullustian, or even Huttese. Sure there are phrases, but nothing more than that.

The “Divine Language” in Fifth Element was creative babbling by Mila Jovovich. She was not given any specific dialog to speak at all.

There are many examples of languages that are made up for aliens where they simply try not to repeat words or sounds so it doesnt just sound like they are making it up on the spot.

By: Pedro

Pedro — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 10:13:14 +0000

Whoops, my mistake, the Geonosian language was in At of The Clones not RoTS!

By: Pedro

Pedro — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 07:01:09 +0000

I can’t think of any films off the top of my head which fit the bill with “strategic babbling”, however the Geonosian language from Revenge of The Sith might fit the bill I suppose.

All those whistles, clicks and squeaks could have been anything, it was only the on screen translation that made it sound something like a language.

By: yan

yan — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 06:32:51 +0000

…i love Avatar sooo muchh.. we watch it again an again

By: elandest96

elandest96 — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:55:42 +0000

in the film the good humans set up schools that the navi learn earths language

By: Atoki

Atoki — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:16:27 +0000

The LearnNa’vi site is great! Haha

I love the (not realism, more dedication to the canon) that having a fictional, but usable language in a film can be.

Kiyevame :P

By: Rodney

Rodney — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:29:50 +0000

True enough, however given the examples you mention compared to how many films with an alien race in it with a language that was just strategic babbling?

The ones that took the time to create a language are far fewer than those that just make sounds and babble as a substitute for a language you wont recognize anyways.

By: Pedro

Pedro — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:00:42 +0000

The creation of a language for a film is not new, there was a small amount for the original “The Day The Earth Stood Still”. Klaatu speaking both to Gort and to his homeworld in his “native” dialect.

Star Wars has several different language’s, the main one being Huttese.

And of course as mentioned in the main article several language’s have been created for the Star Trek universe, Klingon, Vulcan, etc…

So James Cameron is just following in the footsteps of many who came before and having someone create the Na’vi language.