Klingon
Where You've Heard It: As spoken by the battle hardened Klingons in many, many Star Trek movies and television shows, as well as at conventions, in Klingon language books, in the Klingon adaptation of Hamlet, and from the guy on the subway.
Sample Phrases:
nuqDaq 'oH puchpa"e'?Where is the bathroom?
jlyajbe'
I don’t understand.
'arlogh Qoylu'pu'?
Buy a book to learn Klingon here.
What time is it?Elvish
Where You've Heard It: Any of the works of JRR Tolkien or in Peter Jackson's six big screen adaptations. As spoken by Elves or Aragorn. There are actually two distinct languages in Elvish, along with many developed dialects.
Sample Phrases:
Elen sila lumenn'omentelvo.A star shines on the hour of our meeting.
Saesa omentien lle.
Pleasure meeting you.
lle homa ve' edanYou smell like a human.
You can learn Elvish free of charge here.
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High Valyrian
Where You've Heard It: The High Valyrian language on HBO's Game of Thrones is similar to real-world modern day Latin in that it is a mostly dead language. However high born children of Essos and Westeros, like Arya Stark and Daenerys Targaryen, are taught the language in order to show off their education.
Sample Phrases:
Skoriot rāenābion ilza?
Where's the bathroom?
Hobroti jās
F*ck off
Tolī rhūqo lōtinti, kostilus
More pigeon pie, please.
Learn more High Valyrian words and phrases.Na'vi
Where You've Heard It: Spoken by the alien Na'vi in James Cameron's Avatar and in the inevitable Avatar sequels.
Sample Phrases:
Fayvrrtep fitsenge lu kxani. Fipoti oel tspiyang, fte tikenong liyevu atlaru.
These demons are forbidden here. I will kill this one as a lesson to the others.Atokirina
Seeds of a great tree.
Tawtute
HumanYou can brush up on your Na'vi here.
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Dothraki
Where You've Heard It: Spoken by the nomadic Dothraki on the hit HBO show Game of Thrones and the book series it's based on, A Song of Ice and Fire.
Sample Phrases:
Hash yer dothrae chek asshekh?Do you ride well today?
Asshekhqoyi vezhvena!
Happy birthday!
Yer affesi anni.
You make me itch.Learn more Dothraki words and phrases.
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Parseltongue
Where You've Heard It: As spoken by the Boy who lived and He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named in the Harry Potter books by J.K Rowling and blockbuster film franchise.
Sample Phrases: (It can't really be written since it's all hisses, but you can practice to become a Parselmouth here.Minionese
Where You've Heard It: The language spoken by the ever adorable Minions in either their solo film, Despicable Me, or Despicable Me 2.
Sample Words:
Kampai!
Cheers!La Boda
MarriageMuak Muak Muak
KissesBi Do
I'm SorryYou can learn more Minionese here.
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Kryptonian
Where You've Heard It: In any Superman comic, movie, or TV show, in which it would be spoken or written by the aliens on Superman's native planet.
Sample Phrases: The Kryptonian glyphs and symbols don't translate to the keyboard. But you can learn all different types of Kryptonian here.Ewokese
Where You've Heard It: Spoken by those furry little teddy bear/tiny wookiee looking things (Ewok/Wookiee get it?) in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi.
Sample Words:
Aargutcha
PullDee Fratta
That isEe chee wa maa!
Wow!Yubnub!
Learn the finer points of Ewokese here.
Hurray!Mondoshawan
Where You've Heard It: It's the Divine Language that Leeloo speaks in The Fifth Element.
Sample Phrases:
apipoulai!
Greetings!akta gamat
Never without my permission.domo danko
Pick up some more conversational Mondoshawan here.
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Furbish
Where You've Heard It: Those crazy little owl/gremlin/puppy creature toys that were so big in the '90s.
Sample Phrases:
Doo-Loo
FunnyBoo-Noo-Loo
SadNee-Tye
TickleWee-Loo
You too can learn Furbish
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Newspeak
Where You've Heard It: The future of language as foretold by George Orwell in 1984. Propagated by the government of Oceania as a means of controlling the populace.
Sample Words:
Bellyfeel
Blind, enthusiastic acceptance of an ideaDuckspeak
To speak without thinkingOwnlife
The tendency to be solitary or individualisticUnperson
Learn more about Newspeak right here.
Person who has been killed by the state, then erased from recordR'lyehian
Where You've Heard It: The language written by HP Lovecraft for the Great Old One Cthulhu and his spawn.
Sample Phrases:
ooboshu
VisitChtenff
Brotherhood/societyHlirgh
HereticMnahn'
Learn more Lovecraftian goodness and R'lyehian HERE
WorthlessAtlantean
Where You've Heard It: Disney's Atlantis: The Lost Empire, as spoken by... well the lost people of Atlantis.
Sample Phrase:
Nish en top Adlantis ag, Kelob tem Gabr in karok li mik bet gim demot tem net getunos en tem bernot li mik bet kag b lewidyoh.
Spirits of Atlantis, forgive me for defiling your chamber and bringing intruders into the land.Learn the alphabet of Atlantis here.
Nadsat
Where You've Heard It: Said out loud by the irredeemable Droods in Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange and the novel by Anthony Burgess on which it's based.
Sample Words:
Cheena
WomanMoloko
MilkNadsat
TeenageNeeznhies
Expand your Nadsat vocabulary here.
UnderpantsLapine
Where You've Heard It: In the book Watership Down or the animated film adapted from Richard Adams's novel. Spoken by the rabbits and subsequently developed into a full language.
Sample Phrases:
Os e layth Frithyeer hyaones, on layth zayn yayn dahloil.
If it’s sunny today, we’ll go and find dandelions.Pfeffa
CatVair
Check out more selected samples of Lapine here.
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Simlish
Where You've Heard It: All of those poor, poor people you controlled while playing any of Sims games.
Sample Phrases:
Yulhullie mud lapllahaduhil.
To serve and protect.Nooboo
BabyDag Dag!
Bye Bye!
There's an app that teaches Simlish and you can pick it up here.Black Speech
Where You've Heard It: In JRR Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, the Black Speech is the evil Sauron's sole way to communicate with his servants.
Sample Phrases:
Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul, Ash nazg thrakatulûk agh burzum-ishi krimpatul.
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.Gu kibum kelkum-ishi, burzum-ishi. Akha-gum-ishi ashi gurum.
No life in coldness, in darkness. Here in void, only death.Bone up on the basics of the Black Speech here.
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