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Reference:
Court, B. (2010, January 24). A look at the language of ‘Avatar’. Timesunion.com. Retrieved January 27, 2010, from http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=892121&category=LIFE.

Summary:
The author is writing about the language that is spoken by the blue aliens in ‘Avatar’. The language is called “Na’vi” in the movie. This language did not exist in the real world, and that was made by Paul Frommer who is a professor of communication at the University of Southern California. He had to work with obligation at the beginning of his work because the director of the “Avatar” already invented some new words such as the name of the language, “Na’vi”. When Frommer made the a new language, he had to always keep in his mind that all the words are supposed to be pronounceable for not only aliens but also humans like us. All of his invented words should also have their sound because actors need to speak. A handy pocket guide about “Na’vi” was made for all staff members in order to understand it easily. The author found a new thing that is a difference between “Na’vi” and English. This language fills many lexical gaps and has many important gaps of itself.

Reaction:
It is very hard to imagine making a new language. We are just learning the language that people speak and use. I saw the ‘Avatar’. The language that the blue people speak sounded like an existing language in the real world. We have many kinds of language in the world. There are some similarities and differences like between “Na’vi” and English. For example, Japanese and Chinese have many of the same characters, but sometimes they have different meanings. It is difficult to learn the new language, but when we learn the new one, we can find new things, which are not only language but also other things such as their own culture or life. So, I’d like to learn the new language. This article makes me more interested in the language.