Yuuzhan Vong Language Translation Project

Hello everyone,

With Remnant recently released, we are now up to the 15th novel released.

Throughout the novels, there have been many instances of native Yuuzhan Vong language used, often with the translation.

Perhaps it would be a good project to list all the Yuuzhan Vong words that we know, and their translations?

After all, our Star Trek fandom brothers can speak Klingon!

 

The geekiness I sense in you Gath... Not a bad idea though.

 

I have always thought the authors make up the language as they write along, so don't be surprised if Yuuzahn Vong speak from different books doesn't match up.

 

Yeah, people in my class speak fluent Dark Elfish. But I think too that the authors pretty much make up the Yuuzhan Vong language as they go along.

 

Nice Idea Gatherer, here's my Vongish

Belek tiu: a reply signifiying respect or giving apology and asking permission to continue.

Bos sos si?: "What is this?"

Bruk yukken nom canbin-tu: "Weaken the hinges of the enemy fort."

Do-ro'ik vong pratte: "And woe to our foes."

Duwin tur voxyn:"Release the voxyn."

Dwi:"Afferimative."

Eia dag lightsabers:" They have lightsabers."

Fas!: "Clear!"

Guvvuk: "Go, moving."

Jeedai: "Jedi"

Kanabar:"Fellow low caste person."

Kane a bar: "Dung of meat maggot"

I'll post more after school.

 

Nom Anor has already posted some of these expressions in an appendix of the Yuuzhan Vong Database.

 

That is a good start...

 

Migan yam: an honerific applied to person of unknown importance.

Pol Dwag: a greeting among equals

Remaga corlat?:"Whats your business?"

Tsii dau poonsi: "Close the hanger." To a ship.

Viccae: "Anger in pride."

Yadag dakl, ignot!: curse word.

Yaga?: "What?"

Yenga doa Jeedai: "These youths are Jedi."

Yuth ugh!:"Get back!"

Zhaelor: "Glory."

 

Remaga corlat kane a bar Jeedai

 

Great idea, Gath! While we're on the topic of languages, does GL have specific languages like Huttese basically worked out, like Tolkien's Elvish? Or does he just put a pile of weird words together and put on subtitles?

 

I think I'll have to stop right here and say belek tiu to soontir fel !

 

You may continue.

 

great idea although it might be difficult to create a new language. Tolkien was the last person who did it.

 

soontir fel

Dwi. Soontir Kane a bar!!!!!

 

OH NOW>

Stop this now please.

Come on guys Star Trek guys do this.

Dont turn to the Trek Side.

The writers don't make Languages, thats very hard and it takes time.

They just BS thier way through

Look I can speak Vong

jkhlkj iglhi oiglnl ihllnkln

See it's easy

 

No, there's some structure. Believe me, it would be REAL obvious if they were just BSing.

Right there we've got some conversational Yuuzhan Vong, but we would have to know conjugation, parts of speech, etc.

Wow, that's way too focused.

 

That does't mean you have to translat it.

 

In regards to what someone asked earlier,GL did and does have Huttese worked out pretty well (but not nearly as well as the second-rate, bored, boring, Early-Middle English scholar with way too much time on his hands had his pseudo-language worked out to)

Huttese is based on a dialect of the ancient (IIRC) Peruvian language, used by the peoples who used to inhabit the area around Maccu Piccu, with alterations made to pronunciation and sentense phrasing, and some other minor adjustments. I doubt that GL actually knows this language, and even if he does, then he still probably had someone else translate it for him. I wonder if anyone really does know the language anymore...*I muse to myself*

 

Nerak, I think it would be fun to translate.

 

Go far it then.

Just don't publish a Vong Dictionary

Like what trekies did with Klingon Language

 

I think Burtt did most of the languages in the films.

And I don't think there's as much demand for a published dictionary.

 

I just thought of one!

Arrrgh! . . . it means inarticulate frustration.

 

I want to learn the language of the Vong........... it must be fun because they like blood gore and death, and that is always fun............... yes i am a weirdo........ think about it, dung of a meat maggot.... does it get any better than that?

 

I don't think we will ever know more than a few phrases. We will never be exposed to anything more than a brief glimpse of the vonguage. But still, i agree, why not compile a list of what we do know? Just a bit of fun.

 

Well we can do this much.

Come languages depends on the poeple and were they live.

For example talian Language has streched of Vowel, were germen has short Vowels.

This is a theory: Some people think thats because Italians are from farely warm places. So they let in lots of air. When Germens live in colder places so they let in less, not opening thier mouths much.

Another thing is it's orgin. Like the English Language. It comes from many other sources. Like Latin, Greek, germen, franch and others but mostly Latin in Greek.