What might language have sounded like 20,000 years ago?
If you see Alpha screening at your local movie theatre, that害羞草研究所檚 your chance to find out.
Christine Schreyer, an associate professor of anthropology at UBC Okanagan, created a 害羞草研究所渃onstructed language害羞草研究所� for the historical adventure drama film set during the Upper Paleolithic period.
The movie follows the journey of a young hunter in what is now Europe who befriends an injured wolf during the Ice Age.
Producers reached out to Schreyer, who is an expert on language creation and helping communities revitalize Indigenous languages, to create a couple of test scenes for the movie.
She spent the day on the Vancouver set with lead actor Kodi Smit-McPhee.
The film executives were so on board with her new language that they tasked her with creating dialogue for the whole 90-minute film.
Schreyer admitted it was a challenge.
害羞草研究所淣obody really knows what was spoken 20,000 years ago because we don害羞草研究所檛 have fossils of language,害羞草研究所� she said.
害羞草研究所淚 did research on proto-languages 害羞草研究所� those are estimated languages, for the approximate time range of the movie, which included Proto-Nostratic, Proto-Eurasiatic, and Proto-Den茅-Caucasian. It害羞草研究所檚 a case of taking those related languages and estimating them back in time, with a little creative licence as well.害羞草研究所�
It害羞草研究所檚 not the first time Schreyer害羞草研究所檚 been picked to develop ways of speaking for Hollywood blockbusters.
She helped develop the Kryptonian language for 2013害羞草研究所檚 Man of Steel, and she made up Eltarian, which is used in the 2017 Power Rangers movie.
She also teaches a class that examines other created languages such as Star Trek害羞草研究所檚 Klingon and 础惫补迟补谤害羞草研究所檚 狈补害羞草研究所檝颈.
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