• Sign language in the Avatar movies.

    From Tilde@invalide@invalid.invalid to sci.lang on Sun Dec 28 23:10:35 2025
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    Saw "Fire and Ash", noted something in the credits about
    a sign language having been created for the movie. There's
    been made up spoken languages for movies and tv, not sure
    about made up sign languages.

    https://james-camerons-avatar.fandom.com/wiki/Na%27vi_Sign_Language

    Na'vi Sign Language is a form of non-verbal
    communication used by the Metkayina clan. It
    was created by CJ Jones.


    CJ Jones? Lost his hearing as a child and has been
    involved with the disabled and is "a producer,
    director, and screenwriter"

    https://james-camerons-avatar.fandom.com/wiki/CJ_Jones
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  • From Christian Weisgerber@naddy@mips.inka.de to sci.lang on Mon Dec 29 13:10:23 2025
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    On 2025-12-29, Tilde <invalide@invalid.invalid> wrote:

    Saw "Fire and Ash", noted something in the credits about
    a sign language having been created for the movie. There's
    been made up spoken languages for movies and tv, not sure
    about made up sign languages.

    Candidates to check would be _La Guerre du feu_ (1981) and
    _The Clan of the Cave Bear_ (1986) with their respective
    portrayals of archaic humans.
    --
    Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@mips.inka.de
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  • From Tilde@invalide@invalid.invalid to sci.lang on Sun Jan 4 23:11:41 2026
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    Christian Weisgerber wrote:
    On 2025-12-29, Tilde <invalide@invalid.invalid> wrote:

    Saw "Fire and Ash", noted something in the credits about
    a sign language having been created for the movie. There's
    been made up spoken languages for movies and tv, not sure
    about made up sign languages.

    Candidates to check would be _La Guerre du feu_ (1981) and

    THat one doesn't ring a bell.

    _The Clan of the Cave Bear_ (1986) with their respective
    portrayals of archaic humans.

    Darryl Hannah. Do recall having seen that
    one a LONG time ago. Don't recall much of it,
    tho ; )


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  • From Ross Clark@benlizro@ihug.co.nz to sci.lang on Sat Jan 10 22:28:06 2026
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    On 5/01/2026 7:11 p.m., Tilde wrote:
    Christian Weisgerber wrote:
    On 2025-12-29, Tilde <invalide@invalid.invalid> wrote:

    Saw "Fire and Ash", noted something in the credits about
    a sign language having been created for the movie. There's
    been made up spoken languages for movies and tv, not sure
    about made up sign languages.

    Candidates to check would be _La Guerre du feu_ (1981) and

    THat one doesn't ring a bell.

    _The Clan of the Cave Bear_ (1986) with their respective
    portrayals of archaic humans.

    Darryl Hannah. Do recall having seen that
    one a LONG time ago. Don't recall much of it,
    tho ; )


    English Title: Quest For Fire
    "Special language forms were created by novelist Anthony Burgess, while patterns of movement and gesture were developed by anthropologist
    Desmond Morris."

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quest_for_Fire_(film)
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  • From Ross Clark@benlizro@ihug.co.nz to sci.lang on Sun Jan 11 08:54:22 2026
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    On 10/01/2026 10:28 p.m., Ross Clark wrote:
    On 5/01/2026 7:11 p.m., Tilde wrote:
    Christian Weisgerber wrote:
    On 2025-12-29, Tilde <invalide@invalid.invalid> wrote:

    Saw "Fire and Ash", noted something in the credits about
    a sign language having been created for the movie. There's
    been made up spoken languages for movies and tv, not sure
    about made up sign languages.

    Candidates to check would be _La Guerre du feu_ (1981) and

    THat one doesn't ring a bell.

    _The Clan of the Cave Bear_ (1986) with their respective
    portrayals of archaic humans.

    Darryl Hannah. Do recall having seen that
    one a LONG time ago. Don't recall much of it,
    tho ; )


    English Title: Quest For Fire
    "Special language forms were created by novelist Anthony Burgess, while patterns of movement and gesture were developed by anthropologist
    Desmond Morris."

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quest_for_Fire_(film)

    Of course this refers to _La Guerre du feu_ above. Sorry for misplacement.
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