Chakobsa (fictional language): Difference between revisions
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==2003 miniseries== |
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The 2003 [[Sci Fi Channel (United States)|Sci Fi Channel]] TV [[miniseries]] ''[[Frank Herbert's Children of Dune]]'' includes a song by [[Brian Tyler (composer)|Brian Tyler]] entitled "[[Inama Nushif]]", which |
The 2003 [[Sci Fi Channel (United States)|Sci Fi Channel]] TV [[miniseries]] ''[[Frank Herbert's Children of Dune]]'' includes a song by [[Brian Tyler (composer)|Brian Tyler]] entitled "[[Inama Nushif]]", which is claimed to contain lyrics sung in Fremen. According to miniseries [[film director|director]] [[Greg Yaitanes]], Tyler "searched through Herbert's books and deciphered enough of the fictional Fremen language to write this powerful song." <ref name="Tyler">{{cite web|author=Brian Tyler and Greg Yaitanes|title = ''Children of Dune''|work=Discography|publisher = Official website for film composer Brian Tyler|url = http://www.briantyler.com/cd/children_of_dune.html|accessdate = 2006-11-11}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 03:40, 1 July 2010
Chakobsa is a fictional language used by the Fremen people of the Dune universe created by Frank Herbert. In the series of novels which begins with Dune, the language is said to be based on another fictitious language, the Bhotani Jib. Herbert presumably took the name from Chakobsa, the "hunting language" of the Caucasus (cf. Lesley Blanch, The Sabres of Paradise (1960), p. 21), an anglicized form of Adyghe щакIуэбзэ šhə-k'oa-bza (щакIуэ 'hunter,' бзэ 'language').
Examples of the language from the books are actually a mixture of Roma (or gypsy) language, from a gypsy magic textbook Herbert used for reference, one sentence in Serbo-Croat and various Arabic terms, with definitions altered slightly to suggest the passage of time. [citation needed]
The Dune Encyclopedia
The non-canon Dune Encyclopedia (1984) by Dr. Willis E. McNelly includes extensive descriptions of the Fremen language.[1][2] The Encyclopedia was approved by Herbert but rendered erroneous in some areas through Herbert's later works in the Dune series.
2003 miniseries
The 2003 Sci Fi Channel TV miniseries Frank Herbert's Children of Dune includes a song by Brian Tyler entitled "Inama Nushif", which is claimed to contain lyrics sung in Fremen. According to miniseries director Greg Yaitanes, Tyler "searched through Herbert's books and deciphered enough of the fictional Fremen language to write this powerful song." [3]
Textual example
An example of Chakobsa is seen in the ancient funeral ritual of the Fremen in which the water of a dead tribesman is magically blessed: "Ekkeri-akairi, fillissin-follas. Kivi a-kavi, nakalas! Nakalas! Ukair-an ... jan, jan, jan ... .[4]
(Translation "This is the water of (the new owner). Never the more to be measured or counted by the heartbeats of (the old owner). Go, go, go...")
Notes and references
- ^ McNelly, Willis E. (June 1, 1984). "CHAKOBSA". The Dune Encyclopedia. pp. 155–156. ISBN 0-425-06813-7 (US edition).
{{cite book}}: Check|isbn=value: invalid character (help) - ^ McNelly (1984). "FREMEN LANGUAGE". Dune Encyclopedia. pp. 234–247.
- ^ Brian Tyler and Greg Yaitanes. "Children of Dune". Discography. Official website for film composer Brian Tyler. Retrieved 2006-11-11.
- ^ Herbert, Frank. Dune, pp. 315.
- Herbert, Frank. Dune. New York City: Berkley Books, 1965