Re: Ewok=Tagalog?

Eric Christopherson wrote:
>
> This is kind of off-the-wall, but then so is the suggestion that
> Klingon is a relex of Mingo. A friend of mine on IRC claims that the
> Ewok language from the Star Wars series seems to be a modified
> Tagalog. She allegedly picked out a few Tagalog phrases in the movie.
> Also, her friend said that many of the alien languages were real
> languages modified a bit. Anyone have any info on whether any of this
> is true?
One thing I can tell you from experience is that many times Hebrew
letters, or letters closely ressembling Hebrew, are used in movies as
alien/ancient tongues. Can't quote examples, but it's happened more than
once.

I guess it's all those Jews in Hollywood! (JUST KIDDING!!!!)

        Shaul Vardi