Na'vi Grammar Overview - Part 1: Sounds and Syllables
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- Опубликовано: 6 окт 2024
- Are you interested in learning the Na'vi language from the Avatar movies? In this video you'll learn which sounds are used in Na'vi and how to combine them into syllables and words.
You can find more resources to learn Na'vi at Kelutral (kelutral.org) and Learn Na'vi (learnnavi.org).
Videos about pronunciation:
by Pawl, the language creator himself: • Learn Navi with Karyu ...
by community member Pamìrìk: • Learn the Na'vi Alphab...
As someone who's been conlanging for a while now, Na'vi has always intrigued me, and I never bothered to learn much about it, other than the fact that it sounds awesome. I'm quite intrigued and also happy that along with introducing the sounds of Na'vi, you dedicated a fair bit of time explaining the language's phonotactics, and why the language looks the way it does, which I feel like doesn't get enough exposure when talking about conlangs, especially since the syllable structure contributes to the language's look just as much as the phonology itself. Overall this was a very informative video, and I look forward to your later entries in this overview showcasing more of Na'vi!
Thank you! And I agree: when I started learning Na'vi, I mainly did it because I liked its sound so much. (I actually became a fan of Avatar only quite a bit later...)
@galacticsand7245 I know
Waiting eagerly for more videos in the series. I loved the first video, it is absolutely wondeful and so informative to get beginners started with Na'vi!
that was super useful! I am really wanting to get into learning this gorgeous language and this makes it so much easier! I hope that the next part will be out soon!
Thanks! I'm working on part 2 :)
I took Japanese 1 last semester and noticed that the na’vi sometimes pronounce r like it is pronounced in the Japanese language. Kiri’s name for example. The r is pronounced with the tongue behind the teeth, making it kind of sound like key-dee. I just thought this was interesting.
Ngaru tìyawr -- you're right! As far as I know, the Na'vi r is supposed to sound exactly like the Japanese one. Personally, I struggle doing the proper Na'vi r at the end of a syllable, because I've learned making the r through learning Japanese, and Japanese doesn't have r in a syllable-final position.
@@wllim438 Could you give some advice on when rolling rr? 😅
@@pip9079 Unfortunately the rr sound is not that easy to learn if your natural language doesn't have it. (My pronunciation of rr isn't perfect either.) You kind of want to tongue behind your teeth, relax it, and let air pass above it so it starts to flutter. However, a written description like this one never really works to help people produce the sound. I think the best thing to do is just listen to the sound a lot, get used to it, and practice a lot until one day you suddenly figure out how to do it.
(By the way, note the difference between r, which is a single tapped r sound, and the pseudovowel rr, which is a rolled r.)
@@wllim438 Thank you! I will keep practicing.
Interesting, is my conlang also has japanese r ,and I strugle getting that on the word ends, so i put a difrent r at word ends, now there ar 3 r types (strongly rolled, japanese and flap)
thanks for the video, it really helped me to take my first steps in this wonderful language, I wish there were more videos and resources like this one to learn more about Na'vi language. :)))
I am enjoying these videos very much. Thank you.
Please keep up the amazing work, I need all the informational Navi speaking videos I can get to better understand and speak this language.
How does this only have 700 likes? This is an amazing video.
Can't wait to see more!!
Kaltxì! Thank you for the helpful guide! Always good for a refresher! -Hourglass from LN hrh
Cool, tbis is really helpful!
Wrong spelling
can't wait for more of these so I don't look like a skxawng. Irayo!
Peseng lahe aynumultxa lu?
Hrh
Set oel hereiawl hapxìt ahay, ha rutxe maweypivey nì'it nì'ul! :)
@@wllim438 Srane. ^^
Kaltxi! Sorry to bother, i was wondering if you had more examples of the pronunciation. Like the one you made with "oel" being "wel", i find it a bit hard to pronounce the words.
Kaltxì! The easiest way to get more examples is to use a dictionary. All major Na'vi dictionary websites have audio clips for each word.
@@wllim438 Irayo! I'm excitedly waiting for your next videos, this one was extremely helpful! Eywa ngahu. :)
More videos please :)
Rutxe awnga new nì'ul sänume
Reallyyy!!!! Are there people who actally learn that language???
Isn't that an artificial language constructed exclusively for the Avatar movie?
yea, it is
rrrr is a legal syllable
skrrt is a legal na'vi syllable
Almost! But sadly, if you have a pseudovowel (ll/rr) in the syllable's core, then the end of the syllable has to be empty. So you can do skrr, but not skrrt.
@@wllim438 o sad, i'm happy you replied though ! thanks for the clarification !
Replace v with z and look what you have got.
Not me learning a language no one else I know can speak 😂😭
When I saw the thumbnail I thought it was a video on the Uzbek alphabet 😭