Press Coverage of Na'vi: The Language of James Cameron's Avatar
Official Avatar web site
- Video
- The Language of Avatar - ABC News, Dec. 18, 2009
- Audio
- Interview with Paul Frommer (LCS Podcasts) - conducted by David J. Peterson and Sylvia Sotomayor, posted April 14, 2010.
- Extraterrestrial Na'vi (Lingua Franca, Australian Broadcasting Corporation) - Paul Frommer interviewed by Maria Zijlstra, Feb. 6, 2010.
- A Lesson in the Language of Avatar (Art Beat/PBS Newshour) - Interview with Dr. Frommer by Annie Strother, Dec. 18, 2009.
- Do You Speak Na'vi? Giving Voice To Avatar Aliens (Morning Edition/NPR) (mp3), Dec. 15, 2009.
- Text
- The New Klingon: Without so much as a dictionary, Avatar fans are learning how to speak Na'vi by Arika Okrent - Slate.com, March 24, 2010
- Questions Answered: Invented Languages with guest writers Arika Okrent and Paul Frommer - The New York Times, Schott's Vocab column, March 10, 2010.
- There's A New, Blue Conlang in Town... by David Berreby - Big Think, January 26, 2010
- How to Speak Avatar by Alan Boyle - MSNBC/Cosmic Log, Dec. 30, 2009
- We're Going to Out Klingon Klingon! by Colby Cosh - Mcleans, Dec. 21, 2009
- Kaltí. Ngaru lu fpom srak?* by Constance Holden, editor. - Science (Random Samples section, p. 1597), Dec. 18, 2009
- This brief article in the AAAS's magazine requires a subscription to access online. The most important piece of information in the text is Dr. Frommer's translation of the word "science" into Na'vi as tiftia kifkeyä or "the study of the physical world." Na'vi speakers will recognize the article title as "Greetings. Are you well?"
- Parlez-vous Na'vi? by Karin Zeitvogel (Agence France-Presse) - Ottawa Citizen, Dec. 18, 2009
- Hollywood Calls USC Linguist for Help by Anne Bergman - USC News, Dec. 18, 2009
- How to Speak Na'vi (Interview with Dr. Frommer) by Jordan Hoffman - UGO Movie Blog, Dec. 14, 2009
- We Translate Your Phrases into Na'vi (a follow-up posting to the above article) - UGO Movie Blog, Dec. 23, 2009
- Alien Tongues: Developing Language Learning Strategies by Dinah Mack and Holly Epstein Ojalvo - The Learning Network/New York Times, Dec. 14, 2009
- Na'vi talk down Klingon as the last word in alien-speak by Chris Ayres - Times Online, Dec. 12, 2009
- The language of Avatar revealed by Peter Bowes - BBC News, Los Angeles, Dec. 11, 2009
- Skxawng! You don't matter! by Ben Zimmer - NY Times, Dec. 4, 2009
- USC Professor gives Avatar aliens a voice by Christopher Byars - Daily Trojan, Dec. 2, 2009
- Brushing up on Na'vi, the Language of Avatar by Julian Sancton - Vanity Fair, Dec. 1, 2009
- An Interview with Paul Frommer, Alien Language Creator for Avatar by Matteo Milani - U.S.O. Project - Unidentified Sound Object, Nov. 24, 2009
- USC professor creates an entire alien language for 'Avatar' by Geoff Boucher - Los Angeles Times, Nov. 20, 2009
- Supplemental Info and Fan-generated Material
- Talk Navi - A site consisting of audio and video of the Na'vi language
- Na'vi Facebook page created by Mithridates.
- Learn Na'vi - A fan site dedicated to the Pandoran language created by Sebastian Wolff.
- What can we say from a wordlist from My Suburban Destiny
- Some highlights of Na'vi - guest posting at Language Log by Dr. Frommer
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