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Top 10 Fictional Languages


English isn’t universal welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
counting down the top 10 fictional
languages from television and film you
take it go ahead you can call me when
you learn how to speak English just to
be clear we’re focusing on the fake
languages that are spoken and not just
read as well as keeping it one per
franchise number ten minion language
Despicable Me kicking off our list is
the language spoken by these yellow
creatures in service to a super villain
also known as the banana language thanks
to the creatures appearance it’s a fun
nonsensical speech akin to what you’d
hear in a video game
interestingly while it’s complete
gibberish made up by the film’s
directors some of it is very close to
actual words in order to help younger
viewers understand the general
discussion number nine moolam quest for
fire dominion for this film a linguist
named Anthony Burgess was tasked with
constructing a language for the
prehistoric characters to speak he
constructed the dialect by using pre
indo-european language as a basis to
build on as it was spoken by cavemen
only about two dozen phrases are
discernible throughout the flick as you
may have guessed this is not the first
language that movie buffs have taken to
role-playing with number eight
mondoshawan the Fifth Element watch our
day the movie no question – yeah what’s
she saying I don’t know dr. fate the
phonic detector
what would a list of fake languages be
without the inclusion of this science
fiction divine language summer
dope-fiend Escala
nella Dido jela boom boom yeah I
understand boom used by an alien race of
the same name it’s aliens are considered
to be the perfect species and the
universal guard against evil and you uh
what is your name
you mean I like Atari Bellamy notch I
like but they say but that whole thing’s
your name huh you have a shorter name
used specifically by Lilu a human woman
reconstructed from alien DNA
it proves pretty much impossible for
fans to learn thanks to its rapid fire
delivery
Miki donde naman I do canola tuna give a
yak no no just another automatic
attention she knows our mythic T last of
all honey number 7 City speak Blade
Runner let’s see
as another ovation and gonna be thick
this fictional language makes a short
and sweet appearance in this sci-fi
classic September I got an email
Brian huh but it spoken by edward james
olmos his character gaff the same man
who developed it for the film its
purpose is to show how the film’s future
world of 2019 the melting pot of
cultures would result in a hybrid
language city speak as it’s called is a
blend of everything from German to
French got the wrong guy pal
low-five Nicholas man divide your plate
he say you break right now
hello mom eating number six Dothraki
Game of Thrones this unit cetera status
rules the girl a drone chickadee kasia’s
Gina carry veg adultery knock on
precious Eddie this language drew its
inspiration straight from the pages of
George RR Martin’s A Song of Fire and
Ice novels fleshed out for television by
linguist David J Peterson its use has
come to characterize the Dothraki people
another drink is a sandy blonde oh boy I
she said but Gina don’t rock Azevedo you
may have this if I cast of it it won’t
come off interestingly it’s not actually
hogwash as HBO makes use of an actual
list of over 1,700 words inspired and
crafted from real languages ranging from
Turkish to Russian sani softly that I
own so for so either the hottie and me
vaso for machine number five go out old
Stargate sg-1
till pretty
despite the Stargate movie this alien
language owes its existence to the
long-running television series spoken by
the Goa’uld and their Jaffa slaves it is
said to be the language that influenced
ancient Egyptian and not the other way
around use all around the Milky Way
galaxy throughout the series you’ll
mainly hear it spouted by the Goa’uld
turncoat Teal’c owned Akasha number four
you walkies Star Wars Return of the Jedi
look Jabba finger next up is one of the
six million forms of communication known
by c-3po Dora run
oh gosh but look at jiminy do a language
developed by Ben Burtt it’s spoken by
the walking teddy bears from the forest
moon of Endor a mix of several actual
languages it includes phrases borrowed
from everything from Tibetan to kalmyk
oh my goodness number three Navi
avatar this is one of the newer
languages on the list especially one of
the newest to have real syntax as fans
often use it for songs and live-action
roleplay assembly
we’re not see coming Viswa rat did
gospel uma luna fitzy created in 2005 by
Paul Fromer a professor with a doctorate
in linguistics it was created for James
Cameron’s picture it’s key feature is
that it was made to be realistically
learn about for the actors you get the
Lincoln as you make it neat Luca Mets
game booth anadi
number 2 elvish Lord of the Ring series
any money you know he lost the bet
leaving and now we’re getting the heavy
hitters Conda Gooden wrong
well orally for Venus Ferran M Lamaze
see you do lo hará
while elvish is heard in the film’s JRR
Tolkien’s literary works actually
showcased several different elvish
dialects indeed the author not only set
out the groundwork for what the actors
would speak in the films but actually
created alphabets for each variation
devoted fans have not only tattooed
themselves in elven languages but have
learned to speak it as well what’s the
elvish word for friend
before we unveil our top pick here are a
few honorable mentions Jesus Christ
number one
Klingon Star Trek you’ve not experienced
Shakespeare until you have reading in
the original Klingon ha ha ha ha ha ha
taking the top spot is the alien
language from Star Trek that has become
a phenomenon with devoted fans
interestingly it was first heard in 1979
Star Trek the motion picture great job
and was thought up by Scotty actor James
Doohan who suggested the basic sound and
some words the throaty Klingon language
now sports a full alphabet as well as
its own dictionary no class means
literally something like um what do you
want agree with our list what’s your
favorite made-up language whoa oops
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