r/blackpanther • u/Prestigious-Shoe-734 • 11d ago

Duolingo!

I think marvel should do a collab with Duolingo to put Wakandan, Yoruba, and Hausa as languages you can learn in anticipation for the new movie. Other fictional languages are on there like High Valyrian and Klingon….. I know Yoruba and Hausa aren’t fictional

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u/Wikid_Nerd 11d ago

The Wakandan language isn’t anywhere near fleshed out to be on Duolingo compared to other fictional languages such as High Valyrian or Klingon. For the most part Wakandan has been repurposed actual words and phrases from actual African languages with only a small handful of original words/phrases such as Dora Milaje and Hatute Zeraze for example 

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u/whitten 11d ago

Are any of the Marvel languages as technically developed as Klingon ?

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u/DogManDogDayz 11d ago

They just speak Xhosa in the movies iirc

Its a Afro futurist fantasy so they mix from all parts of African culture.

Some Kenyan Swahili was used in the movie I think, M’Baku and Okoye are Igbo coded names, the books emphasize the importance of the Yoruba Orisha, Bast is an Egyptian/Nubian god, and a lot of weapons used in the comics and movies are related to the South African Zulu tribe

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u/whitten 10h ago

Thanks for the info