A New Project
Proud to have worked on National Geographic’s new series, Origins : The Journey of Humankind. Premieres tonight in the US at 9 pm ET. I worked on eight languages for
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How to Speak Wenja : Wuga’s Scenes
Today we’ll look at Wuga’s scenes (known as Wogah in the game), a quirky, one-armed crafter who introduces Takkar to Wugas fnagu “Woga’s claw” and a whole host of upgrades.
How to Speak Wenja : Ull’s Scenes
After a brief break and an annoying and lengthy bout of the flu, we return in our journey through the cinematic scenes of Far Cry Primal. In honor of my
How to Speak Wenja : Sayla’s Scenes, part 2
Wapa Saylam gwamamas. Let’s return to Sayla. Udam Provocation Sayla: Winja wantar pacha, Udam shanti hasa.Wenja hunter saw, Udam near be-heWenja hunter saw Udam nearby.(Literally, “Wenja hunter sees, an Udam
How to Speak Wenja : Sayla’s Scenes
Meeting Sayla Takkar : Pshh pshh, pash. Tigri! Lo, lo, look! Tiger! Hey hey, look! Tiger! (Pash is a reduced form of pacha ‘see’, and psh is an even more
How to Speak Wenja: the Intro Cinematics
Smarkaka, salwa! Nearly a year ago Primal was released. To celebrate its birthday, I’ll be posting the dialogue to all of the cinematic scenes in Primal, with links to tricky
How to Speak Wenja: Counting
Smarkaka salwa! Cha swaki mansim nakway na hu-kraybam, num palhu Winja-kashyan war-warharsh, “U mash krayba!” Tu kraybam. Nawa watasim mash krayba walpim. Dwis, um graybman Twitter-ha santaya, ham ya walhatan
Wenja’s Roots: Dwani (Sounds), Part 5
In our final post about the creation of the Wenja sound system, we’ll look at perhaps the simplest component : the vowels. It turns out that the vowels of Proto-Indo-European
Wenja Language: Winja waychasu “In the Wenja village”, part 2
We’ll continue discussing words important for the Wenja village. Our focus for today: how do you say “father”, “mother”, “friend”, etc.? Social Relationships shajan “leader, chieftan”, from PIE *h₂aǵ- ‘to lead’,
Continue readingWenja Language: Winja waychasu “In the Wenja village”, part 2
Wenja Grammar: wayda ‘find; know’
In today’s grammar post we’ll be looking at a verb that’s super common in Wenja, but one that behaves a bit unexpectedly. Depending on where the pronouns are added in