Accent Expert Breaks Down 6 Fictional Languages From Film & TV | WIRED

Dialect coach Erik Singer analyzes some of the most famous "constructed languages" in movie and television history. Which real-life languages inspired "conlangs" like Klingon and Dothraki?



Languages Covered: Na’vi, Dothraki, Klingon, Sindarin, Parseltongue, Ewokese, Shyriiwook, Divine Language, Mork Speak, Groot Speak, Malkovich, Furbish, Heptapod.


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Accent Expert Breaks Down 6 Fictional Languages From Film & TV | WIRED

Created by: Joe Sabia

[Little_Lotta]

This dude has a better understanding of fictional languages than I have of English.

[plusRpm]

When you casually crack a pitch perfect yoda just to make a point.

[ypkk]

Imagine meeting this guy and you sneeze and hes just like "ooh thats one of my favourite sounds the atycillal sutrux"

[SpiritOnAdventure]

"american has a really weird 'r' sound"
It feels so cathartic to hear someone address it

[DavveyL]

"I can't comment 'cause I am not a heptapod" EXACTLY what a heptapod would say.

[sophiapiper]

every time eric would be like "hear that sound?" i'd be like "uh huh definitely" while in reality i heard basically none of it and only followed like 5% of the conversation

[bongwaterfrank]

"I can't comment, I'm not a heptapod" hmm. sounds like something a heptapod would say

[Mica_T]

Nothing makes me more happy that hearing someone call it "Sindarin" instead of elvish

[giraffewithtattoos]

I could listen to this guy all day. Please give him his own show

[konnerdent]

Can we trust this guy? He speaks parseltounge.

[zagman]

we just going to ignore the spot on Yoda he pulled while talking about Star Trek...

[K.Adler]

0:55 Parseltongue (Harry Potter)
2:20 Klingon (Star Trek)
6:40 High Valyrian (Game of Thrones)
8:11 Dothraki (Game of Thrones)
11:36 Na'vi (Avatar)
12:58 Sindarin (J.R.R. Tolkien's works)
15:17 honorable mentions

[saygerholcomb]

does this man just know every language?

[Septecimia]

I'm personally offended that Simlish wasn't included in this

[MarNieves]

I could listen to this guy speaking for 12 hours straight and I wouldn't complain at all

[gray]

in case anyone was curious, High Valyrian and Klingon are both on Duolingo.
((Im silently hoping they add Sindarin but i kinda doubt it))

[evepolvay]

Did u know Klingon is on Duolingo but they refuse to put Latin on

[roseanne]

The way he got all excited everytime he was about to tell a fun fact made my day

[silvermoonshineX]

Does anyone realize that they find people who speak too many languages hot or is it just this guy being hot with all his knowledge of languages?

[icarusancalion]

I speak Tibetan, and I watched The Return of the Jedi with a native Tibetan speaker -- and she was floored, because they actually borrowed individual Tibetan words and phrases for the Ewoks (and used them correctly!). She started listening very carefully, but it was just here and there.