Animated TED Talk on Origins of Dothraki, Na’vi, Klingon and Elvish
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And now I know that the official word is “conlang.” Not because they’re languages mostly spoken at comic cons, but because they’re CONstructed.
Q. Why can’t you shpeak a Tolkien-created language in the bathroom?
A. Because Elvish diesh on the toilet.
Sean Connery humor, folks. I’ll be here all day.
Video after the jump.
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