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|pronunciation = ˈnaʔvi | |pronunciation = ˈnaʔvi | ||
|pronunciation_key = IPA | |pronunciation_key = IPA | ||
|creator | |creator = [[w:Paul Frommer|Paul Frommer]] | ||
|created | |created = 2005 | ||
|setting | |setting = ''[[w:Avatar (2009 film)|Avatar]]'' | ||
| | |scripts = [[w:Latin script|Latin script]] | ||
|familycolor = Constructed language | |||
|fam1 = [[constructed language]]s | |fam1 = [[constructed language]]s | ||
|fam2 = [[artistic language]]s | |fam2 = [[artistic language]]s | ||
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|notice = IPA | |notice = IPA | ||
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The '''Naʼvi language''' (Naʼvi: ''{{lang|art|Lìʼfya leNaʼvi}}'') is the [[constructed language]] of the [[Naʼvi]], the [[Sapience|sapient]] [[humanoid]] [[Indigenous peoples|indigenous]] inhabitants of the fictional moon Pandora in the 2009 film [[Avatar (2009 film)|''Avatar'']]. It was created by [[Paul Frommer]], a professor at the [[University of Southern California|USC]] [[USC Marshall School of Business|Marshall School of Business]] with a doctorate in [[linguistics]]. Naʼvi was designed to fit [[James Cameron]]'s conception of what the language should sound like in the film, to be realistically learnable by the fictional human characters of the film, and to be pronounceable by the actors, but to not closely resemble any single human language. | The '''Naʼvi language''' (Naʼvi: ''{{lang|art|Lìʼfya leNaʼvi}}'') is the [[constructed language]] of the [[Naʼvi]], the [[w:Sapience|sapient]] [[w:Humanoid|humanoid]] [[w:Indigenous peoples|indigenous]] inhabitants of the fictional moon Pandora in the 2009 film [[w:Avatar (2009 film)|''Avatar'']]. It was created by [[w:Paul Frommer|Paul Frommer]], a professor at the [[w:University of Southern California|USC]] [[w:USC Marshall School of Business|Marshall School of Business]] with a doctorate in [[w:Linguistics|linguistics]]. Naʼvi was designed to fit [[w:James Cameron|James Cameron]]'s conception of what the language should sound like in the film, to be realistically learnable by the fictional human characters of the film, and to be pronounceable by the actors, but to not closely resemble any single human language. | ||
When the film was released in 2009, Naʼvi had a growing vocabulary of about a thousand words, but understanding of its grammar was limited to the language's creator.<ref name="www.npr.org">{{Cite web| title = Do You Speak Na'vi? Giving Voice To 'Avatar' Aliens : NPR | url = https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=121350582 | access-date = 16 December 2009 }}</ref> However, this has changed subsequently as Frommer has expanded the lexicon to more than 2600 words<ref name="www.dict-navi.com">{{Cite web| title = DictNa'vi Online Dictionary | url = http://dict-navi.com| access-date = 30 June 2020 }}</ref> and has published the grammar, thus making Naʼvi a relatively complete, learnable and serviceable language. | When the film was released in 2009, Naʼvi had a growing vocabulary of about a thousand words, but understanding of its grammar was limited to the language's creator.<ref name="www.npr.org">{{Cite web| title = Do You Speak Na'vi? Giving Voice To 'Avatar' Aliens : NPR | url = https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=121350582 | access-date = 16 December 2009 }}</ref> However, this has changed subsequently as Frommer has expanded the lexicon to more than 2600 words<ref name="www.dict-navi.com">{{Cite web| title = DictNa'vi Online Dictionary | url = http://dict-navi.com| access-date = 30 June 2020 }}</ref> and has published the grammar, thus making Naʼvi a relatively complete, learnable and serviceable language. | ||