The world is an interesting place. On one hand, it appears that some languages are disappearing at a fast pace because there is hardly any native speaker left, on the other, movie makers are at the forefront of inventing new languages. This post showcases 5 popular movies with completely fictional languages, created exclusively for the story.
Sindarin language, “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” (2001)
In this movie, the elves speak two languages. The author of the book J. R.R. Tolkien based Sindarin, the commonly spoken tongue, on the sounds of the Welsh language. The director of the movie hired a popular linguist named David Salo to translate movie’s dialogue from English to Elvish. For example: Saesa omentien lle: Pleasure meeting you
Na’vi language, “Avatar” (2009)
The director of the movie, James Cameron, featured an original language in the movie, constructed especially for the movie. For example: Tawtute: Human
Newspeak, “1984″ (1984)
The language Newspeak was created by George Orwell in his novel ‘1984.’ The book’s totalitarian was to replace English language completely with Newspeak. A lot of words from this language like ‘ungood’ have been picked up into English and used by the masses today. For example: Joycamp: Forced labor camp.
Huttese, “Star Wars: Return of the Jedi” (1983)
One of the most quoted aliens in the movie world is Jabba the Hutt. An alien with its own language, Huttese is spoken in at least three Star Wars movies. For example: Choy?: What?
Nadsat, “A Clockwork Orange” (1972)
Nadsat is one language that appeared in both Anthony Burgess’ dystopian morality tale of teenage delinquency and Stanley Kubrick’s horror show adaptation. However, it is not a proper language, instead, it is a Russian-influenced English argot. For example: Pretty polly: Money
Have you ever invented a language or know of any other language that movie makers invented? Share with us in the comments section.