C-3PO
I read somewhere that the reason C-3PO is able to speak to the Ewoks in ROTJ is that he was actually speaking a similar language of some race that was better known in the galaxy. Or else he was speaking some sort of trade language; I can't remember. Where did I see this? — SavageBob 00:52, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
- He was speaking the Yuzzum language. (It's mentioned in that article). And, IIRC, the info originally came from one of Pablo's Q&A articles in Insider. - Ozzel
- Ah, cool. If someone knows the exact source, it should be added to the article's references. Thanks. — SavageBob 14:57, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
Jub Jub and Yub Nub
In the game Battlefront the code JUB JUB is a cheat. There is ample similarity between jubjub and yub nub, and I am sure it is not a coincidence. I think yub nub should be changed to jub jub, as it must be the correct spelling.
http://www.hrwiki.org/skins/monobook/hr.png--DarthCow--Talk|Email
- Had to have been a mistake on the game developers' part. The Galactic Phrase Book and Travel Guide, which was written by none other than Ben Burtt (who developed Ewokese in the first place), specifically shows otherwise: "yubnub" means "hooray," "yub nub" means "freedom," and "yub yub" means "let's go." -- Ozzel 05:46, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
Then what do you think the game cheat came from? http://uncyclopedia.org/images/1/15/Darth_Cow-Small.PNG --DarthCow--Talk|Email
I'm thinking it might be a name. That is, if it's not yub nub. http://uncyclopedia.org/images/1/15/Darth_Cow-Small.PNG --DarthCow--Talk|Email
- It was probably just someone assuming it was "jub jub" and not actually checking any source. -- Ozzel 00:01, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
Tagalog
in this article it says that the language of the Philippines is Filipino. it is in fact Tagalog.
this makes me question the entire behind the scenes section.
what is the reference for this? - Grayson* October 16, 2006
fixed a faulty link :) MTFBWY
- It is Filipino.
Filipino
The language of the Philippines is Filipino, only it is that "Filipino" is based on Tagalog. As a Filipino I could tell that they have spoken those words, and there's no need to reference this. - [[User: Not Registered*|Not Registered*] March 29, 2007
Master Luke have chimney to dooooooo!
When C-3PO was telling his story in Ewokese. It sounded like "Master Luke have chimney to doooooo!!" LOL.--Jedi Master Stimpy 13:59, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
Written
How can it have no written form? We have several examples of the written form in the cartoon. What silly source says this? -- Ozzel 18:19, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
- Ultimate Alien Anthology, page 56: Language:Ewoks speak Ewokese. They have no written form of their language. They can learn to speak Basic. I think the same text appears somewhere in Star Wars Roleplaying Game Revised Core Rulebook, but I cannot confirm because I only have the Spanish translation of this last book.
Both of these books are canon guides, not supposedly written by an in-universe author, so the information is unambiguously canon. For instance, The New Essential Chronology is supposedly written by Rebel historian Voren Na'al, so a contradiction in that book can be seen as Na'al making a mistake - however, if a RPG guide says something, it is a canonical source confirming the data. Example: The Power of the Jedi Sourcebook states that the Potentium is a corrupt philosophy which, as far as I'm concerned, ends any debate. But this is not the case now. I am not really familiar with the written references in the TV series: Are we sure it is a written form? Are we sure that anything that can be said in Ewokese can be written? Is the written Ewokese so basic that cannot reproduce all the nuances of the spoken language? Is it a licence by the animators (such as the facial differences between Chirpa in the movies and in the series)? As far as I am concerned, I think we are having two conflicting canon sources, so I propose the following:
Plus an explanation in the behind the scenes section. -Skippy Farlstendoiro 08:43, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
Appearances
"All instances in which Ewoks appear." This isn't necessarily accurate, as most episodes of the Ewoks TV series were entirely in Basic (even though it's suggested they were "translated" for the viewers' convenience). Should this section be edited to be more accurate? —Unsigned comment by Axinal (talk • contribs)
"Primitive" language
I removed the claim that this is a primitive language, because there are no such things as primitive languages. The Ewoks can communicate with each other without facing any problems whatsoever. C3PO probably states this because he is embarassed that it isn't part of his programming, and he has to resort to Yuzzum. --PisauraXTX (talk) 21:42, September 1, 2015 (UTC)
pronunciations
With eight exceptions, every Ewokese word in the Vocabulary section is sourced to the Galactic Phrase Book & Travel Guide. In this article, most of these words are accompanied by pronunciations, but the Ewokese chapter of the Phrase Book contains no pronunciations, so it's unclear where these came from. If they are from a different source, they should be cited as such; if they are speculative, they should be removed.
If Ewokese has a written form, it certainly does not use our alphabet, so the spellings in the Phrase Book are likely phonetic anyway, rendering pronunciations moot. Most if not all of the pronunciations in this article bear this out, merely parroting the Ewokese word with perhaps a slightly different spacing or spelling. Asithol (talk) 04:23, November 3, 2016 (UTC)
- Removed all pronunciations sourced to the Phrase Book (or unsourced entirely), as well as those where the pronunciation was identical to the spelling of the Ewokese word. I'm skeptical of some of the remaining ones as well—for instance, "ler-do" implies the second syllable is pronounced like the English word "do," but I'm pretty sure I remember it having a long o sound (that is, rhyming with "know" rather than with "knew.") But I need to do more research (or wait for someone knowledgeable to chime in). Asithol (talk) 03:40, June 23, 2017 (UTC)
glossary order
Is there a reason the Ewokese words are alphabetized rather than the English (Basic) translations? It seems visitors to this page are far more likely to be speakers of English than Ewokese, making lookups based on the English useful for more people. (Sure, they can use their browser's search feature, but why require extra steps for the far more common use case?) Asithol (talk) 03:40, June 23, 2017 (UTC)