"It's been quite a remarkable event in my life," says linguist Paul Frommer, recalling his first encounter with James Cameron. Searching for someone to develop a constructed language for a ...

For actor Sam Worthington, starring in James Cameron’s Avatar was a life-changing experience. The film not only boosted his profile, but he had the chance to work with a prolific director with a ...

For big fans of James Cameron’s Avatar, the 13-year wait between the original and this year’s sequel probably felt near interminable. But die-hard fans might have counted with a bit more agony and say ...

When James Cameron decided that the Na’vi people wouldn’t, as is custom, speak English with a Na’vi accent, he enlisted the brain of USC Professor Paul Frommer, master linguist and all-around good ...

When Paul R. Frommer saw an e-mail message saying that the director James Cameron sought a linguist to develop a language for his “Project 880,” Mr. Frommer jumped at the opportunity. Nearly five ...

WETA / Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. In the film "Avatar," Neytiri (Zoe Saldana) teaches the Na'vi language to Jake (Sam Worthington), a "dreamwalker" who is mind-linked to a human controller.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 'Avatar: Fire and Ash,' Zoe Saldana (left) portrays Neytiri and Sam Worthington is Jake Sully20th Century Studios/AP ...