Are you foreign?

[TimeisIndustry]

so i was getting the corny idea of going to a new school next year and speaking nìNa'vi. but as well with that speaking english with a Na'vi accent? hahahaha  . so I wanted to see, (without quoting the movie) who could pull off a Na'vi accent. this also means you can type English words showing where an accent would come in, or of course dropping some audio samples or videos of your best impressions if you like.

Alaksì srak?!...Kä!!

[Prrton]

Peyst_on sa wey Mo'at kxän txawkx, ay ton sinkx_ìt wut pi so tìfìkaltì. If yu kxän ran yor wrr_tsukeser ä_tsa rayt pìleysì_syu kxän meykxìt sawn kxìwayt kut räsrr izìli. Pat aym syur ìt wìl txeykx sam prräktìs_txu nget ngut pikas_yu hävì txu kxip veri tìfrentì fonolatsyìkal rulz_ìn yor hetx ätol txaymì. Mo'at häz olzo mästrrtx za θ of Inglìsyì so syi kän sey "tha" petrr sän ay kes_mostì Na'vi kxutx ìn a syortx_aym.

[Tirea Aean]

Peyst_on sa wey Mo'at kxän txawkx, ay ton sinkx_ìt wut pi so tìfìkaltì. If yu kxän ran yor wrr_tsukeser ä_tsa rayt pìleysì_syu kxän meykxìt sawn kxìwayt kut räsrr izìli. Pat aym syur ìt wìl txeykx sam prräktìs_txu nget ngut pikas_yu hävì txu kxip veri tìfrentì fonolatsyìkal rulz_ìn yor hetx ätol txaymì. Mo'at häz olzo mästrrtx za θ of Inglìsyì so syi kän sey "tha" petrr sän ay kes_mostì Na'vi kxutx ìn a syortx_aym.

Ay si wat yu txìt ter.

[Kamean]

Peyst_on sa wey Mo'at kxän txawkx, ay ton sinkx_ìt wut pi so tìfìkaltì. If yu kxän ran yor wrr_tsukeser ä_tsa rayt pìleysì_syu kxän meykxìt sawn kxìwayt kut räsrr izìli. Pat aym syur ìt wìl txeykx sam prräktìs_txu nget ngut pikas_yu hävì txu kxip veri tìfrentì fonolatsyìkal rulz_ìn yor hetx ätol txaymì. Mo'at häz olzo mästrrtx za θ of Inglìsyì so syi kän sey "tha" petrr sän ay kes_mostì Na'vi kxutx ìn a syortx_aym.

Ay anìtxerìstxenìt yu. Kxìreyt spitx.

[Tirea Aean]

ha for ey sekont_ay hätx no aytia wat yu wrr tawlkìn apawt.
ay tsyastì hätx en aytia...  ay tìnk tät te wey pipll wìl wrraytx hir wìl pi samwatx 'ìnfluwenstì pay teyr on lokll pronansiyeysyun...raytx?

[Prrton]

ha for ey sekont_ay hätx no aytia wat yu wrr tawlkìn apawt.
ay tsyastì hätx en aytia...  ay tìnk tät te wey pipll wìl wrraytx hir wìl pi samwatx 'ìnfluwenstì pay teyr on lokll pronansiyeysyun...raytx?

A_fkor_spika_zìsì_zonli apawt rentrring spitsyì. Ì_tslak yuzing ey lìmìtet for_mo_vaypiey tu teyk tawn noteysyon a_veniwan spiking.

Ìn may tayalek_tìt wut pi "hoAT" for yor "wat" pikazì may vrrsyon stìl meynteyn_za_'äspìreysyon.

Za meyn pìroplem ìzì hoat txu tu apawt za sawn_zät ton_tekzì_stìn za sìstem ät awl, layk θ, ð, ʒ, ɔ. For ɔ wi kän asyum ay sapstìtyusyon txu "aw" ä_zìn Pawl. Pat, za TH (θ/ð) a_vÌnglìsy_ì_za ta_fwan. Aym yuzìng Zi pika_zìt kozì txu zät ìn Tsyäpanizì. Pat may tisìsyon käm_pi konsìtrr_tarpìtreri. Azrr_smayt pìrifrr tsyastì stìking wì_sa Ti.

[Tirea Aean]

Ay fayn_tìt iziyrr to tsyastì raytx nìNa'vi Kuayt fìrängkli ay fayn_tìskayntofraytìng tìfìkul_tu antrrstäntì. almos_tu ta puin_tät ìt teyksmi forevrr tu rit ìt än_tuntrrstäntìt... :\ ìt wutx pi ìn may opìnyìn mat_siziyrr to spik tìswey tän tu rayt tìswey... Ay tsyozì tu yuzey tet ìnstetova zä for teyta pika_zìn te muvi, Yu kän hir Neytiri nat yuzey zä pat ey tet wen syi setx "yur fotx! tey tìt natx nit tu txay!"

nat onli te "sawn_zät ton_tekzì_stìn za sìstem ät awl, layk θ, ð, ʒ, ɔ", pat also te rul_stät pawl meyt apawt wat kän än känat kam ät te pikìnìng or en_tova wrrt/sìlapll... tìs ì_snat izi...

['Oma Tirea]

Luk ìn may sìk frrstì!!

That contains the allophony, 'cause I'm not sure I can understand everything here....

['Oma Tirea]

Peyst_on sa wey Mo'at kxän txawkx, ay ton sinkx_ìt wut pi so tìfìkaltì. If yu kxän ran yor wrr_tsukeser....

Paste on sa way Mo'at can tawk, I don sink it would bi so diffigald.  Eef you can ran your wrr tsugeser ...

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.... kehe.  Rä'ä fmivi!!  Don't even try!!!!!!!!

[Tirea Aean]

note to OP:

(and self)

the FINAL authority on matters having to do with passing English words through the Na'vi sound system and transcribing them is clearly 'Oma Tirea.

[Toruk Makto]

You people are killing me. This is the best thread I have seen in weeks.

[Tirea Aean]

You people are killing me. This is the best thread I have seen in weeks.

OH yeah. I think it's hilarious! however it boils 'Oma Tirea's blood to anger, it seems.

[wm.annis]

I have a memory of seeing rules for this accent in some part of the vast special features that came with, I suppose, the blueray edition of the film.  I'm pretty sure we see part of a page explaining this.  I don't have a blueray player, or I'd check this myself.

['Oma Tirea]

I wonder if that the same page as at the museum...

I would guess a lot of those are similar to what I wrote in my thread.

Screenshots/info, anyone?

...or is it not really in the BluRay edition?

[Sireayä mokri]

Screenshots/info, anyone?

Here:

Spoiler

[Kamean]

Irayo! Tìrun atxantsan!

['Oma Tirea]

Screenshots/info, anyone?

Here:

Spoiler

Irayo.

However I should note that these aren't from Frommer, but from Carla Meyer, the Na'vi-English dialect coach of the movie.  These notes were also made at a time when the language was very young, so I wouldn't trust them completely.  N.K. the English "j" probably doesn't always get weakened, but in some cases may be merely devoiced.  The notes also don't describe whether the "th" sound gets stopped, or shifts to f/v or s/z.  Finally, in final position, p, t, and k may not be ejective, but unreleased instead, just as in Na'vi.