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New Avatar Comic Series coming January 2021

10/15/2020

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Kaltxì ma frapo!

The official AVATAR account accidentally revealed, and then promptly deleted a Tweet announcing the next story from the AVATAR universe in comic form: AVATAR: The Next Shadow. From their Twitter:
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Set just after the events of AVATAR, the story continues as Jake Sully finds himself ill-equipped to defuse the internal conflicts threatening to tear the Omatikaya apart."
According to the Tweet, the next entry in the Dark Horse comic series is set to release sometime in January of 2021 and will play a key role in filling the gap between the first film and AVATAR 2, which is known to follow Jake and Neytiri's family as they face new problems with the RDA and other Na'vi clans.

The choice to tell this story in particular is an interesting one. Although Jake successfully defended the Omatikaya from the RDA and was installed as Olo'eyktan, clan leader, by his former rival Tsu'tey in a deleted scene, his knowledge of Na'vi customs and inter-clan politics would be severely limited by his human heritage. The respect he earned as Toruk Makto does not necessarily make him qualified to be a clan leader.

With the history of delays surrounding AVATAR, we will hopefully find out how Jake's story progresses in January 2021.
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Na'vi Sign Language

10/10/2020

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Kaltxì ma frapo! Last week we received news that a Sign Language variant of the Na'vi language was being developed for the AVATAR sequels, so we reached out to Paul Frommer about his part in the development of the new language.

what you can say about your connections to the process and whether or not we’re gonna have to figure out how it works on our own
Paul's response answered our question directly.

Your question is one I can answer succinctly. I had no involvement with the sign language--it was entirely CJ Jones's baby. I met CJ a couple of times. He's a lovely guy and a sign-language expert; I have no doubt he did a great job.
We've reached out to CJ and hope to build the same relationship with him as we have Paul. We will update you with more information as it comes.

'ivong Navi!
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New Concept Art

8/5/2020

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Kaltxì ma frapo! Today we bring news from Jon Landau, a producer on the sequels, containing some concept art on the Crabsuit, which is a human-driven submersible owned and operated by the RDA.  
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As you can see, it seems to be amphibious, and we at Kelutral.org have been hard at work theorizing as to what CET-OPS means!  Currently, we have the theory that it means Cetacean-Ops, coming from the biological infraorder for whales, Cetacea, but we want to hear your theories, so post them in the comments below!
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Notes on 'San' and 'Sìk'

8/4/2020

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Kaltxì ma frapo! We're pleased to bring you another small language update from private emails, courtesy of Pamìrìk. The question was posed whether or not san, the 'open quote' word in Na'vi could be omitted in a similar manner as sìk, the 'close quote' word, when used at the beginning of a sentence. Paul's response can be found below:

​That's a good question, and you're right: There are situations in which san, like sìk, can be omitted. Here's a little illustrative dialog that occurred to me:

A.   Ngeyä sa'nokìl poltxe paylì'ut? 
B1. Poltxe san frawzo sìk, slä oel poet ke spaw.

That would be the standard way of answering, but in conversational contexts, B2 and B3 would both be allowable:

B2. San frawzo sìk, slä oel poet ke spaw.
B3. Frawzo sìk, slä oel poet ke spaw.

B3 is acceptable as long as it's clear from the context that B begins by stating what the mother said and not commenting on his own. It also helps if the quote isn't too long, so that the sìk comes along relatively quickly to further clarify that it's a quote.

In thinking about what happens in English, I realize the same kind of situation can occur:

C: What did your mother say?
D1: She said everything's OK, but I don't believe her.

That, like B1, would be the standard response. But what if D answered like this:

D3: "Everything's OK," but I don't believe her.

If D simply responded this way, would it be clear to C that D was quoting the mother rather than stating his/her own conclusion? Perhaps, but I'm not sure! In this case, Na'vi is less ambiguous than English, since the sìk is obligatory, given that B's response continues beyond the quote with a personal comment.

Hope that helps!
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'Ivong Na'vi!
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