Na'vi discovering humans all don't speak the same language

[Empty Glass]

Considering how Grace Augustine said that the kids in her school "picked up English faster than I could teach it" they'd probably send one of the young 'uns to learn and translate for them.

This does bring up an interesting point. Could be wrong but I think I heard once that with the trees of souls all around Pandora, the Na'vi are able to access memories from every region on the moon and thus this resulted in a lack of regional slangs and dialects since no group was isolated enough to have their own unique linguistic identity develop. So, learning that not all the skypeople can understand each other would probably be a big revelation for them.

Someone from the Learn Na'vi forums would probably know better than me.

[Neyfan]

Originally Posted by Empty Glass

Considering how Grace Augustine said that the kids in her school "picked up English faster than I could teach it" they'd probably send one of the young 'uns to learn and translate for them.

This does bring up an interesting point. Could be wrong but I think I heard once that with the trees of souls all around Pandora, the Na'vi are able to access memories from every region on the moon and thus this resulted in a lack of regional slangs and dialects since no group was isolated enough to have their own unique linguistic identity develop. So, learning that not all the skypeople can understand each other would probably be a big revelation for them.

Someone from the Learn Na'vi forums would probably know better than me.

I saw a vid on YouTube of Learn Na'vi and members of that are global and use the na'vi language to chat since not all speak english or others languages. So the na'vi tongue helps them communicate.

As to humans, it would be a shock not all humans speak the same language. I'm curious how the na'vi would handle it. As seen in the comedy Almost Heroes. "His name is Bent Twig. He is not right in the head."

Chris Farley's character gets slapped by an Iowa native.XD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4G1DnXs-Nb0