Different languages have inspiration from our world?

I've heard that GL has used fragments of languages in OUR world in different SW-creatures' languages. Some of them have, for an example, extractions from the Dutch language. Does anyone know if this is true, or are all the SW-languages GL's own creations?

 

It isn't so much George Lucas who has done this--it is sound designer Ben Burtt. Ben has always felt that if you just invent a language with new sounds, it will sound something like pig latin. To form languages which sound real, he combines many different languages and sounds from around the world. The result is the brilliant combination of noises which make up the various and diverse languages of the galaxy far, far away.

Nien Numb (the Falcon's co-pilot in ROTJ) speaks a combination of a Kenyan tribal language as well as a few other languages.

The Ewoks are a combination of many languages. As is Huttenese.

Personally, I love to hear the languages in the films. It adds new depth to the saga and the galaxy.

-Seldon

 

Burtt says in the commentary to Episode IV that Huttese is a variation on a Mayan dialect still being spoken in rural South America. I don't recall whether he names the language specifically, though. Check your DVD commentary in the now-infamous "Han Shot First" scene.

 

Actually, I think that Huttese is Quechua, the Incan language that is still being spoken by the descendants of the Incas in South America. I remember, because my wife is from Peru and we have a couple of Quechua dictionaries and I've been looking for Huttese words ever since...

 

You might very well be right. I always get my South American kingdoms mixed up.

 

As pointed out in an earlier post, Lando's co-pilot in Episode VI is voiced by a Kenyan, who literally translated some lines that Ben Burtt wrote out for him in English that were contextually appropriate for the scenes. Language: Haya, principally spoken in Tanzania, but also Kenya and the Niger-Congo region.

 

Reading tip : "The Galactic Phrase book & travel guide" by Ben Burtt - contains some explanations about the used languages.

ISBN 0-345-44074-9

Del Rey as publisher.

 

I know several philipinos who, totally independant of each other, SWEAR that the ewoks speak tagalog.

Ord Mandrell speaks spanish. "Que pasa, que pasa, que pasa, quepasa! Oy, mama."

Dont forget the Mos Eisley cantina.

Also, "Me bosca de Shmi Skywalker" is really similar to how you would say the same phrase in spanish.

 

I have heard that Chewbaccas language is a combination of different animal sounds.

 

Both Padmé and Ani's names are included in the Buddhist mantra Om Mani Padme Hum... Given that GL has described himself as a Methodist-Buddhist, I don't think it's altogether a coincidence.

 

I belive that the Jawas language is speeded up Swahiyli (Wrong spelling I'm sure) Which is an africain dialect.

 

Other then Auruebesh(the most common Alphabet in GFFA) the only other alphabnet we have a canon example of is the ancient sith alphabet. seen on pictures of Darth vaders chestplate control board. The sith alphabet is the hebrew alphabet.