In star wars. Are the ewoks speaking maori?!


Question: The language created for the films that the Ewoks speak is known as "ewokese".

Certain phrases uttered by the Ewoks resemble other languages of Earth, such as Tagalog (the major basis for Filipino, the national language of the Philippines). The Ewoks seem to say "Ayon, puno daw ito!" when C-3PO is being worshipped. "Ayon, pinuno daw ito!" means "There it is! This is said to be a leader!" in Tagalog. "Puno" is a root word - from it comes pinuno, "leader", and pamumuno, "leadership". Immediately after, another Ewok replies with, "Maganda!" meaning beautiful. Also, when an Ewok is hit by a AT-ST laser, his companion, an ewok named Romba, apparently says, "Patay!", which is Tagalog for "Dead!". There are also resemblances to Hindi, an official language of India. "Yeh, Yeh gira." means "This, this fell," in Hindi. Gira also means "war" in a dialect of the Philippines.


Answers: The language created for the films that the Ewoks speak is known as "ewokese".

Certain phrases uttered by the Ewoks resemble other languages of Earth, such as Tagalog (the major basis for Filipino, the national language of the Philippines). The Ewoks seem to say "Ayon, puno daw ito!" when C-3PO is being worshipped. "Ayon, pinuno daw ito!" means "There it is! This is said to be a leader!" in Tagalog. "Puno" is a root word - from it comes pinuno, "leader", and pamumuno, "leadership". Immediately after, another Ewok replies with, "Maganda!" meaning beautiful. Also, when an Ewok is hit by a AT-ST laser, his companion, an ewok named Romba, apparently says, "Patay!", which is Tagalog for "Dead!". There are also resemblances to Hindi, an official language of India. "Yeh, Yeh gira." means "This, this fell," in Hindi. Gira also means "war" in a dialect of the Philippines.



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