Pop Culture Linguistics
This playful, nonsensical, fictional language, draws from many real-world ones, but is only spoken by these little yellow (and sometimes purple) things
Minnionese (minion language; banana language)
smog
smoke + fog
ULA
Undergraduate Linguistics Association
Most common L1 in the world
Mandarin Chinese
Quenya, an Elvish language, is found in this fantasy world
The Lord of the Rings
glamping
glamorous + camping
UASU
University of Alberta Student Union
There are 48 First Nations in Alberta and historic treaties numbered 6,7 and 8 cover the region. How many languages are there across these nations in the province?
6
This green character is widely quoted for his unusual syntax of OSV word order
Yoda (powerful you have become)
sitcom
situation + comedy
CASLPA
Canadian Association of Speech Language Pathologists and Audiologists
Out of those FN languages can you name them?
Blackfoot, Cree, Chipewyan, Dene, Sarcee, Stoney (Nakoda Sioux)
This fictional language featured in Star Trek, is a real, speakable language developed by linguist Marc Okrand
Klingon
cyborg
cybernetic + organism
SCUBA
Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
This language, spoken by over 120 million people, uses a unique script called Devanagari
Hindi
This fictional language, named the same as the people who speak it, was created specifically for the TV series Game of Thrones.
Dothraki
instant + telegram
CILLDI
Canadian Indigenous Language and Literacy Development Institute
This country has historically 34 established languages, but only 12 official languages.
South Africa