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Mipa aylì’u sì aylì’fyavi nì’ul More new words and expressions

Kxì, ma frapo. Zìsìtnuntrr Lefpom! Happy Leap Year Day! A bit of explanation: I realized there was a gap in the lexicon in the area of words relating to long and short. Here’s what we’ve had up to now:                                     … Continue reading

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Mipa zìsìt, aylì’u amip    New year, new words

Kaltxì, ma frapo, ulte Mipa Zìsìt Lefpom! Happy New Year, everyone! I hope 2024 proves to be a happy and healthy one for us all. We haven’t had any new vocabulary in a while, so here are some words I … Continue reading

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’A’awa aylì’u sì aylì’fyavi amip. A few new words and expressions.

Kaltxì, ma eylan! Sìlpey oe, ayngaru lu fpom nìwotx. Once again, I need to apologize that other things have kept me away from Na’viteri for too long. But that doesn’t mean I’ve been away from Na’vi! It’s been a pleasure … Continue reading

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The complete u / ù list for Reef Na’vi

Kaltxì nìmun, ma frapo! Here, at long last, is the complete list of Reef Na’vi words with u or ù. As we now know, Reef Na’vi (RN) distinguishes u (as in English food) and ù (as in English good), while … Continue reading

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Trr Tsyìmawnun’iyä Lefpom! Happy Independence Day!

Kaltxì, ma frapo. Sìlpey oe, ayngari nìwotx Vospxìkin sngilvä’i nìltsan. And for those of you in the States, Happy Independence Day! I was thinking about how to say that in Na’vi. Independence, in the sense it was originally used in … Continue reading

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Reef Na’vi part 2: Morphology, Syntax, Lexicon . . . and more

Kaltxì nìmun, ma frapo! Srane, oe tolätxeiaw. Some personal issues kept me away, but now that they’ve been resolved, I’m very happy to be back. So let’s see . . . where were we? The last couple of posts dealt … Continue reading

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Clarifications and Announcements

Gì, ma eylan!  🙂 The previous post on Reef Na’vi phonetics and phonology elicited some really perceptive questions in the comments section, so let me respond to those here. Then I’ll mention a few other things you might be interested … Continue reading

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Reef Na’vi part 1: Phonetics and Phonology

Kxì nìmun, ma frapo! Sìlpey oe, ayngari fìzìsìt alu °3747 sngilvä’i nìltsan. It’s finally time for us to start talking in detail about RN, the Reef Na’vi dialect heard for the first time in TWOW. (So far I’ve been referring … Continue reading

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Na’vi in The Atlantic!

Kaltxì nìmun, ma frapo! One more thing before the year changes: This article about constructed languages in Hollywood films just appeared online, and Na’vi is featured prominently in it! In case you’re not familiar with the magazine, The Atlantic is … Continue reading

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Neytiriyä Waytelem   Neytiri’s Songcord

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

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