Do predators talk?

[Gangster Predator]

  I was wondering do predator(yaujta) talk? Cuz they are humanoid and for sure they must be civilized and organized.

[weewing427]

dont think they actually'talk', but maybe use a series of growls and noise to communicate?

[Hankerson]

What do you think talking is?! Talking is nothing more that a series of growls and noises. Of course Predators can talk. I also think that their helmets can translate English, giving them a distinct advantage; they can listen to your stupid plans and compensate.

[Stalker]

Predators can quite obviously talk, it happened several times in Predator 2, & during the finale of the original film. If they are able to actually decipher the languages of other species, then they would obviously have one of their own. There are actually a few "yautja dictionaries" on the web, they're generally not too hard to find, although their true accuracy is skeptical.

[EpsilonOrpheon777]

yeah
and i dunno if you guys consider the novels official material
but i believe in AVP: Hunter's Planet Machiko's android deciphers the Yautja language and talks with them numerous times.

[jacorama]

that would be weird if they talked but they probably will (or do) have a language

[Predboy]

Predators communicate through body language, growls and the clicking noises they make.

[SM]

They have a language and an alphabet.  Just cos we can't decipher it doesn't mean they don't talk.

[gameoverman]

They have a language and an alphabet.  Just cos we can't decipher it doesn't mean they don't talk.

How do you know those symbols are an alphabet?  They are used for a countdown sequence in the original Predator.  It doesn't make sense to use letters for a countdown sequence.

[SM]

They have symbols to represent numbers.  Be rather silly to assume they don't have a similar set of symbols to represent letters or sounds.

[gameoverman]

Well you are really making a lot of assumptions there. 

[SM]

Hardly.  It's just simple logic.

Predators are humanoid and they're intelligent enough to build advanced weaponry, cloaking devices and FTL starships.  How are they going to be able to do that without a written and spoken language?  How are they able to tell other Predators how to construct and operate this stuff?

Without resorting to fantasy stuff like telepathy.

[Uncanny Antman]

As SM said, it's simple logic.  The movies give us all the info we need to know that the Predators most certainly have a language.

They have:

1.  A written system of communication.  (Read-out on gauntlet.)
2.  A form of spoken language.  (Grunts and clicks which mean certain things is as much a language as the languages of Earth are.)

It does seem though, they probably don't comprehend english...they understand the impact of repeating it to us, but often not in context.  It's most likely akin to a hunter making duck noises.

[ShadowPred]

Well the Elder Pred does say

Take it

then he says

Keep it.

[Uncanny Antman]

Well the Elder Pred does say
Take it
then he says
Keep it.

Yes, there are certainly times they seem to know the meaning of what they're repeating, but there's really no proof that they're not just repeating something that they associate with the event itself.

"Want some candy?" springs to mind as an example of out of context mimicry.  Either the Predator misunderstood the intent of the phrase, or he has a wicked sense of black humour.