If you read Star Wars trivia for pleasure or browse Wookieepedia long enough, you’ll eventually discover that some of the languages in the Star Wars films were sourced from real human languages. But which ones? How? Why?… Read More The Languages of Star Wars (Part 2): Human Languages Used in the Films
The Star Wars film franchise might just be the most world famous multilingual movies ever–yet hardly anyone ever thinks of them that way. Why?… Read More The Languages of Star Wars (Part 1): A Sociolinguistic Investigation
“Pleased greeting. Human, it is always good to see your kind.” “Genuine Query. Is there something I can do for you this day?” “With barely contained terror. You drive a hard bargain.” Such is the speech of the Elcor, sentient aliens from the planet Dekuuna. Appearing in the Mass Effect series of videogames (Bioware 2007,… Read More What the Elcor remind us about language
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