Resources

Here are some resources helpful to those studying the Na'vi language.

Canonical Sources

Material published by Paul Frommer or officially tied to the movie.

• Some highlights of Na'vi - A post by Paul Frommer to the Language Log blog on December 19, 2009 describing many aspects of the language. Written for linguists, very technical.
• Avatar: A Confidential Report on the Biological and Social History of Pandora aka "The Activist Survival Guide" or "ASG" (Amazon link, Browsable link from publisher) - An official companion book to the movie; it includes a Na'vi-English word list and two Na'vi songs with English translations. It also includes an account of animal and plant life containing some "Na'vi" words that violate what we know of Na'vi phonetics.

Comprehensive Guides

• The Na'vi Language page on Wikipedia - A compilation of everything we know about the language so far. Comprehensive and well-researched but very technical.
• Na'vi Pocket Guide compiled by Karyu Amawey
• Na'vi Pocketmod Guide compiled by MidnightLightning - a guide that can be folded to pocket-size (must login to forum to download)
• Na'vi Language page on the Avatar wiki
• Crash Course in Linguistic Terminology Used for Na'vi compiled by Karyu Amawey
• The Na'vi Grammar compiled by Taronyu (work in progress)

Pronunciation Guides

• The Learn Na'vi phonetics page
• The Na'vi Alphabet compiled by Eywa mokriyä and created by Skxawng

Grammar and Syntax Guides

• The Learn Na'vi grammar page
• Na'vi Compendium compiled by Eywa mokriyä
• Na'vi Inflections compiled by Taronyu
• Na'vi Inflection, Skimmable Version compiled by kawng mungeyu (must login to forum to download)
• Easy guide to the suffixes, infixes, and prefixes of Na'vi compiled by tute nuereime
• Guide to Connectors compiled by Tanhì'itan
• Pronouns and Topic Markers for Beginners compiled by Ftiafpi
• The complete beginner's guide to the topic marker -ri by suomichris

Dictionaries, Wordlists, and Phrasebooks

• Na'vi - English Dictionary compiled by Taronyu - comprehensive, well-documented, and meticulously researched
• English-to-Na'vi version of Taronyu's dictionary
• The Learn Na'vi vocabulary page - categorized, sortable, searchable, contains links to pronunciation audio clips
• A Wiktionary appendix of Na'vi words
• English-to-Na'vi and Na'vi-to-English categorized glossaries compiled by Eywa mokriyä
• The Na'vi Corpus on the Learn Na'vi Wiki - a compilation of all known good sentences from canonical sources (i.e. interviews with and correspondence from Paul Frommer)
• Na'vi word list on My Suburban Destiny - an early compilation taken from the ASG word list, now considered outdated and inaccurate

Audio

• Spoken Na'vi Words by Ftiafpi and omängum fra'uti: Na'vi and English, Na'vi only, Links to individual words
• Na'vi English Audio Dictionary compiled by Taronyu - Dictionary with links to audio clips for individual words
• The Na'vi Audio Corpus on the Learn Na'vi Wiki

Other Learning Aids

• Na'vi Language Tool by irongamer - a web-based word list and quiz generator, incorporating audio clips and images
• Worksheets by Skxawng and Taronyu
• Worksheets by Na'vatar (must login to forum to download)
• Na'vi Vocabulary Quiz by Kiki and txum tukru
• Na'vi Fun Activity Book by dustywhite
• Na'vi-to-English and English-to-Na'vi Automated Translators by Tuiq
• Na'vi-to-English Automated Translator by MidnightLightning
• Na'vi Translator by Jamza
• Na'vi Learning Guide by Yoru (work in progress, must login to forum to download)
• Na'vi version of Rosetta Stone by Pxi (work in progress)

Forums, Mailing Lists, Discussion Groups, etc.

• The Learn Na'vi Forum - the premiere forum for the Na'vi language!
• The Learn Na'vi Facebook page - the Facebook page of the Learn Na'vi website
• Learn the Na'vi Language Facebook group
• Public Skype chat for discussion of Na'vi - post requests for group adds and joins in this forum thread
• Na'vi IRC chatroom
• Na'vi Culture and Language Forum on avatar-forums.com
• Na'vi Language Meetup Groups
• Map of Na'vi speakers worldwide (discussed in this forum post)
• Learn the Na'vi Language on 43Things
• Na'vi Language Discussion Group on Yahoo! Groups - probably inactive, no new messages since December 24, 2009

Media Stories About the Na'vi Language - Print

Print stories often contain quotations from Paul Frommer discussing the language or providing translations of Na'vi words and phrases. Information about the language coming directly from Frommer can be considered canonical, although the printed versions of the stories sometimes contain incorrectly transcribed words.

• U.S.O. Project interview, November 24, 2009
• Vanity Fair interview, December 1, 2009
• Daily Trojan article, December 2, 2009
• New York Times article, December 4, 2009
• BBC News article, December 11, 2009
• Times Online article, December 12, 2009
• UGO Movie Blog interview, December 14, 2009
• NPR interview, December 15, 2009 - includes text article
• AFP (Agence France-Presse) article, December 17, 2009
• USC News article, December 18, 2009 - Frommer received his Ph.D. from USC (University of Southern California) and served from 2005-08 as director of USC Marshall’s Center for Management Communication
• UGO Movie Blog follow-up, December 23, 2009 - Frommer translates phrases requested by readers
• MSNBC Cosmic Log article, December 30, 2009
• Times of India interview, January 23, 2010
• lemondrop.com interview, January 26, 2010

Media Stories About the Na'vi Language - Audio and Video

Audio and video stories often include Paul Frommer discussing the language or providing translations of Na'vi words and phrases. Information about the language coming directly from Frommer can be considered canonical, although in most cases we do not have canonical transcriptions. Information coming from others (as in the ABC News Nightline segment) should not necessarily be considered canonical, as Cameron and the actors could potentially be mispeaking or mispronouncing the Na'vi.

• Vanity Fair interview, December 1, 2009 - includes brief audio clip of Frommer speaking a Na'vi sentence
• New York Times article, December 4, 2009 - includes audio clip of Frommer speaking three Na'vi sentences
• BBC Radio interview, December 12, 2009
• NPR interview, December 15, 2009
• ABC News Nightline segment, December 18, 2009 - includes interviews with James Cameron, Paul Frommer, Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, and Sigourney Weaver, each of them speaking some Na'vi
• PBS Newshour audio interview, December 18, 2009
• Southern California Public Radio interview, December 22, 2009
• LinguaFranca interview, February 6, 2010

Other Lists of Resources

• The Resources page on the Learn Na'vi Wiki (this page!)
• The Learn Na'vi website
• The Learn Na'vi downloads page
• Links to useful documents post on the Learn Na'vi forum
• Current projects post on the Learn Na'vi forum
• Press Coverage of Na'vi on the Conlanger's Library