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Corporal Hicks:
What's this? Another author touching base with us here at AvPGalaxy? Sure is. Here's your chance to pitch you're questions to the legendary Steve Perry. Yautja fans, get the lowdown on why something was done the way it was. Wanna know how to go about adapting a comic, ask here.
Just remember, be civil and respectful.
Ny'Gacht-de:
I'm glad you could take some time to answer some questions. First off congratulations for your work with the novelizations.
My question is: How arose the idea of create a language for the Predators in your novel "Alien versus Predator: Prey", of whom was the idea? and in which language was based?
Beforehand Thanks for answer this question.
steveperry:
--- Quote from: Rhadamanthys on May 06, 2007, 10:12:24 PM ---I'm glad you could take some time to answer some questions. First off congratulations for your work with the novelizations.
My question is: How arose the idea of create a language for the Predators in your novel "Alien versus Predator: Prey", of whom was the idea? and in which language was based?
Beforehand Thanks for answer this question.
--- End quote ---
Well, my daughter and I wanted a language that had a crisp and somewhat gutteral, harsh sound to it, more like German than say, Italian, so the terms we made up for the Predators were based on how they sounded when spoken aloud. No specific language, but a kind of tone, not necessarily limited to any one.
(If you look at some of the short curse words, you can see that they have a kind of anglo-saxon ring to them ...)
I think we both devised these, more her than me, but it's been thirteen or fourteen years since we wrote the novel, so I couldn't tell you who came up with what, exactly.
The yautja were obviously a martial culture, and we wanted their speech and thought to reflect this.
Steve
SiL:
Question many have pondered - Just how the heck do you pronounce yautja anyway?
Ny'Gacht-de:
--- Quote from: steveperry on May 06, 2007, 10:44:30 PM ---
--- Quote from: Rhadamanthys on May 06, 2007, 10:12:24 PM ---I'm glad you could take some time to answer some questions. First off congratulations for your work with the novelizations.
My question is: How arose the idea of create a language for the Predators in your novel "Alien versus Predator: Prey", of whom was the idea? and in which language was based?
Beforehand Thanks for answer this question.
--- End quote ---
Well, my daughter and I wanted a language that had a crisp and somewhat gutteral, harsh sound to it, more like German than say, Italian, so the terms we made up for the Predators were based on how they sounded when spoken aloud. No specific language, but a kind of tone, not necessarily limited to any one.
(If you look at some of the short curse words, you can see that they have a kind of anglo-saxon ring to them ...)
I think we both devised these, more her than me, but it's been thirteen or fourteen years since we wrote the novel, so I couldn't tell you who came up with what, exactly.
The yautja were obviously a martial culture, and we wanted their speech and thought to reflect this.
Steve
--- End quote ---
Thank you very much Mr. Perry. I have another doubt that i hope you can respond.
Question: It has contemplated in the future, for the films or novels, create the complete language for the Predators?. I would like to be able to use the language in the daily life, more in the forums of the thematic one.
Again Mr. Perry thanks for take the time to answered this questions.
N'dhi-ja Mei-hswei :) ;) <----- Yautja Lenguaje :D
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