Author Archives: Pawl

Ma eylan ayawne, I imagine that everyone reading this post has now seen “Uniltìrantokx: Fya’o Payä” at least once. 🙂 From what I can tell, the reaction of the lì’fyaolo’ has been overwhelmingly positive. Although the amount of Na’vi heard … Continue reading →

Ma eylan, Relìl arusikx alu “Fya’o Payä” tok nì’i’a fìtsenget! “The Way of Water” is finally here! More accurately, for those of us in the USA, it’s almost here. As I don’t have to tell you, our long-anticipated Avatar sequel … Continue reading →

Kaltxì, ma eylan ayawne! Fìkrr ’o’ lu nìtxan nang! What an exciting time this is! Uniltìrantokx: Fya’o Payä is just around the corner, and the official trailer has everyone electrified. Also, in just a few days, members of our community, … Continue reading →

Kaltxì, ma frapo! I wanted to let you know about a linguistic study concerning constructed languages taking place in November at MIT, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, that some of you could take part in! Here’s a brief description: We … Continue reading →

Kaltxì, ma eylan, Hard to believe that half of 2022 is now history. Krr tswayon pesengne? (Which reminds me of a saying that used to be popular with linguistics students when I was doing my graduate work, illustrating that sentences … Continue reading →

Kxì ma frapo, Maw fpxamoa kintrr afpxamo mì tanlokxe oeyä, fula tsun lefkrra sìlenit tswiva’ hìkrr ulte livawk nìmun lì’fyati awngeyä oeti ’eykefu nitram nìtxan. To all who responded to the T3C (Teaser Trailer Translation Challenge), thanks so much! I … Continue reading →

Kaltxì, ma frapo! Kezemplltxe, the excitement has begun to build, big time! I’m sure everyone reading this has now seen the teaser trailer for Uniltìrantokx: Fya’o Payä more than once. As we’ve seen, there’s little dialog in the trailer. Only … Continue reading →

Kaltxì, ma smuk. Ayngaru nìwotx, sìlpey oe, lu fpom. This post has been completed for quite a while, but it’s only now that I’m getting it up on the blog. I hope it will come as a little bit of … Continue reading →

From time to time I receive and answer Na’vi-related questions via email. When such discussions are likely to be of interest to the wider Na’vi community, I’ll share them here on the blog. But a word of warning: Detailed grammatical … Continue reading →

Kaltxì, ma eylan! It’s been a while. I hope you’re all safe, well, and ready for the most exciting year for the Avatar/Na’vi community in over a decade! I have quite a bit to share with you. Right now, here … Continue reading →