Linguophiles for Huttese!

Yes, conlang (constructed languages) interest me. Klingon, Sindarin, and Quenya are all fine and good, but I want an official book that explains how Ben Burtt came up with what he did and also how to speak Huttese. I know he claims it is Quechua (spelling) from South America, but there has to be more to it than that...come on Ben, make a guide for all those who want to learn to speak Huttese!

The Complete Huttese Dictionary and Grammar Guide...or something along those lines would really sate my appetite.

 

It's not really huge, but it suffices for me...

The Complete Wermo's Guide to Huttese (and other Star Wars languages)

There's also a nice reference at SWDC-- Huttese/English-- and a pretty long, if basic, list of words here.

 

I've been there. I've also found another site that was more comprehensive (but the author claims that much of what is there he made up just following some visible patterns in Burtt's work).

Those sites are ok for the casual glance, but I want something complete, something official, something I can actually learn from and trust. The Star Trek people can do it, so why can't we?

Qapla`

 

I really doubt any of those was ever made. Based on the movies and the games, there are less then 20 phrases in Huttese, and no more then 50 words.

I don't get why people take the time to learn Sci-Fi languages when they could learn, you know, real ones.

 

It's more for inspiration.

I myself have spent upwards of two years developing three languages that I constructed myself. One of them is nearly complete, and the other two are quite close.

I just like to see what other people have constructed as well, it interests me. *Shrug* I don't know why.

As for real world languages:

I learned Italian already, but as with all language, reading/writing is much easier than speaking/hearing - and the only other person I know who speaks it is my grandfather so practicing is tough.

I'd also like to learn Cantonese, though I don't know if I'll ever get the hang of the tones.

 

That's cool. I speak English and Hebrew (I live in Israel). It's pretty amazing how different both those languages are. I also learned French for a while, but I stopped, because I really didn't like the language. I would like to learn Greek and Italian though.

Do you ever get to use any of the Sci-fi/fantasy languages you learned? Do you pratice or anything so you wont forget?

 

The Galactic Phrase Book and Travel Guide also has a good deal of Huttese.

ever get the hang of the tones.

Tell me about it.

 

"Do you ever get to use any of the Sci-fi/fantasy languages you learned? Do you pratice or anything so you wont forget?


Well, the ones I created I do practice sometimes. There is a Klingon newsletter that goes out every so often as well. And www.elvish.org has plenty to whet my whistle. I'd like for the Elvish dialects to be made into college courses that one can take (they've done it in England) or Klingon 101 in college (har har).

In practice, I play with a large roleplay guild in several MMORPG for a while who require 100% use of languages constructed specifically to suit the roleplay lore of the branch in question.

For instance, I speak Orcish and Irekei Praklakar (a sort of Desert Elf language, of which I was lucky enough to help in the construction. I find this to be the easiest to speak as it was the one I used most).

 

The Galactic Phrase Book and Travel Guide also has a good deal of Huttese.

not only does it contain a good deal of Huttese, it contains quite a few other languages, as well as a behind-the-scenes section where author Ben Burtt discusses the creation of various languages within Star Wars.

 

What is Sindarin and Quenya???

Download Bob Vita's Unofficial Star Wars Encyclopedia, get the MS Word .doc version, and do a search for Huttese... that should bring up heaps of information!

 

Hello, fellow conlanger. I think everyone else has mentioned about everything I know about Huttese (namely, go grab Burtt's Galactic Phrase Book and Travel Guide), but I at least wanted to chime in and say "hello" on a thread made by someone else stricken with The Secret Vice.

Anyway, if you're looking for other conlangers for advice and inspiration, a bunch of us hang out here. I don't post there a great deal (and when I do, it tends to be more about conculturing than conlanging), but I doubt you'll find a more competent bunch of conlangers in one place anywhere else, and most (though, regrettably, not all) are quite helpful to both newbies and experienced conlangers.

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Le_Sammler:

What is Sindarin and Quenya???

Those are the two main Elvish languages of Tolkien's Middle Earth.

 

Sindarin, that's the land in Wizard and Warriors 2: Iron Sword. Did a lot of jumping in those games . . .

Pegleg_Swantoon, so Malak means nipped off in classical Hebrew?

 

Ex... :::shakes head:::

Quenya and Sindarin are both elvish languages from the Lord of the Rings.

As for Scifi/Fantasy Conlangs, (having dabbeled myself) Even Quenya, is terribly incomplete, so much so that it would be hard to have a complex conversation in it, even if you did knew it all. And thats one of the most complete Scifi Conlangs. Huttese, and any other SW conlang would be far too incomplete to warrent my learning it.

I like to be able to converse.

Now Epseranto. Theres a conlang.

 

What is Sindarin and Quenya???

No, they are not different languages but in fact variants. I think Sindarin is the more high elivish and Quenya is more lower, think of then relationship between English and Latin, it's some what similar.

As for SW languages, I'd like to learn Bocce. It's the universal training language and isn't really spoken in SW.

 

I'll check it out Ris_jSarek. Constructed culture and maps, including histories, customs, religions, etc. also interest me. My conlang projects are closely tied to developing a fantasy world, along with its history and mythos.

 

Good luck to you, original fantasy and sci-fi are the hardest genres to write. I appreciate SW more because I know all the work that goes on behind the scenes, I've been there!

 

Lakha'at bhoko'cho!

Thank you all very much.