Category Archives: General

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →