DaffyJr Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 I really like the sound of Hemdll Tre's language. It must be a real language, does anyone know what language it is? I've searched on google for a similar sounding language but can't identify it. I think maybe its Basque but not sure. Its very musical. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveTheCynic Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 I really like the sound of Hemdll Tre's language. It must be a real language, does anyone know what language it is? I've searched on google for a similar sounding language but can't identify it. I think maybe its Basque but not sure. Its very musical. Thanks Why *must* it be a real language? Did you consider the possibility that (given the limited stock of phrases that he says) it might just be nonsense sounds? Ref: consider all the folks in-game who speak "Huttese", and how many different things they actually say. Not the number of different lines that appear in the subtitles, but the (much smaller) number of actual spoken lines. Or the number of different subtitles that you see when Khem Val says (in audio) "Myzenbama". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lhancelot Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 Or the number of different subtitles that you see when Khem Val says (in audio) "Myzenbama". Clearly Khem Val is saying, "Praise Obama." I have heard this for years now every time Khem Val says it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mongorr Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 (edited) Clearly Khem Val is saying, "Praise Obama." I have heard this for years now every time Khem Val says it. Nope, it's clearly "Myzen-Bummer", a stronger way to say "Bummer!". On another note, "Naraka naja keelee namya bamyak" can mean everything, from "Thank you for your help" or "Please don't kill me" to "My hovercraft is full of eels". I guess some of these alien languages work in a similar way as the Chinese languages, where one small change in pronunciation or intonation might change the whole meaning. ;-) Edited May 22, 2019 by Mongorr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kodrac Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 On the DVD commentary track of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope and in interactive CD-ROM Star Wars: Behind the Magic, Lucasfilm Ltd. sound designer Ben Burtt stated that he based Huttese on Quechua, an indigenous language family spoken by the Quechua peoples, primarily living in the Andes and highlands of South America. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JediQuaker Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 (edited) Often, "alien" languages in games and movies are based upon real languages, but only as far as overall sound, intonation, etc, is concerned. The actual "words" are usually made up. On a related note, there are some videos on YouTube (and other places) where they show bits of foreign TV sitcoms/dramas (non-english) that have a character speaking "American". Although it sounds like English in tone, etc, the actual things they are saying are just random and/or nonsense "words" that sound like "American". Edited May 22, 2019 by JediQuaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JattaGin Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 (edited) On a related note, there are some videos on YouTube (and other places) where they show bits of foreign TV sitcoms/dramas (non-english) that have a character speaking "American". Although it sounds like English in tone, etc, the actual things they are saying are just random and/or nonsense "words" that sound like "American". That works the other way, too. I speak four languages and I always giggle when a (US or British) sitcom, cartoon or some other show has someone speaking in one of the three other languages I understand. The funniest surely is German, as spoken on shows like South Park or Family Guy. Absolutely hilarious. Nothing beats Sheldon learning Finnish though. That said, I doubt that Hemdil speaks Basque (as wondered by the OP). Edited May 22, 2019 by JattaGin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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