Word: nepali
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...something I could go and get credit for and save money doing--because it's much cheaper than going here." He spent the bulk of his stay living in Katmandu with a family that didn't speak any English, studying many aspects of the country's culture and learning Nepali...
Sound Designer Ben Burtt devised a new language for the Ewoks, as he did for all the creatures with speaking parts. Ewokese, for example, is a combination of five tongues, including Mongolian, Tibetan and Nepali. All were garbled together in Burtt's sound mixer. When it came time to compose an Ewokese anthem, Burtt could do it without the mixer. "By that time," he jokes, "I could speak Ewokese myself...