Showing posts with label Paul Frommer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Paul Frommer. Show all posts

2013-01-04

Na'vi language & 'Avatar' revisited

Here is an entry link for conlang buffs to the Nav'i language, created in tandem with the scenario for the film AVATAR.

My mini-review of the film Avatar itself can be found on my "Reason & Society" blog.

Por Esperantistoj: jen pri la artefarita Na'via lingvo kreita por la filmo Avatar. Mi kritikas la primitivisman ideologion de la filmo anglalingve, aliloke.

2010-07-05

Arika Okrent pri Na'vi & aliaj inventitaj lingvoj

Here are a couple of public interventions from March:

The New Klingon
By Arika Okrent
SLATE, Posted Wednesday, March 24, 2010
"Without so much as a dictionary, Avatar fans are learning how to speak Na'vi."

Questions Answered: Invented Languages - Schott's Vocab Blog - NYTimes.com
March 10, 2010

This is an exceptionally detailed Q & A, with Okrent and Paul Frommer fielding the questions.