Re: Conlangs in the movies

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From: "Rodlox" <Rodlox@...>

> what about Krakozhian from the movie _The Terminal_?  was that a real
> language, or did they invent it?  *curious*
I can't seem to find an answer to that on the web, or in any of the online
reviews of the movie, and I don't know enough about Slavic languages.  I had
thought that Hanks had learned some form of Russian or Ukrainian--I think
the magazine he was looking at featured the cyrillic alphabet--especially
for the exchange he has with the man trying to smuggle in drugs for his
dying father.

I don't think they "invented" a language for him; that would have been too
much work.  It's easier just to get a real Ukrainian to coach him in the
language and the accent.  In the credits, it gives the name of Tom Hank's
"dialect coach."

If someone knows differently, let me know!

Sally