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How To Speak in Na'vi
- rudd 17y agoI'm confused by some of these transliterations. For instance, they spell out "pxasik" and say it's pronounced "puh –(lip smack) askik." Where did that first [k] in the pronunciation come from? The author also types out that "x" to represent the "lip smack" and something he describes as a click (in "skwawng"). While I imagine the lip smack is the bilabial click, ʘ, he clearly distinguishes between the two, so I wonder what's with using "x" for both. Though, it might be through assimilation. Or maybe he's mistaking clicks for ejectives? With that title, I was hoping for a more in depth linguistic overview for those of us with knowledge of phonetics.
- imd 17y agoWhen he asks Frommer what language it will displace, he leaves out one movie conlang I know of--The Divine Language from The Fifth Element[0]. What other movie conlangs do you guys know of? [0]: http://www.divinelanguage.com/ http://www.divinelanguage.com/