what language do lakota indians speak?
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 From January to April 2006 , Cameron worked on the script and developed a culture for the film 's aliens , the Na 'vi . Their language was created by Dr. Paul Frommer , a linguist at USC . The Na 'vi language has a lexicon of about 1000 words , with some 30 added by Cameron . The tongue 's phonemes include ejective consonants ( such as the " kx " in " skxawng " ) that are found in the Amharic language of Ethiopia , and the initial " ng " that Cameron may have taken from New Zealand Māori . Actress Sigourney Weaver and the film 's set designers met with Jodie S. Holt , professor of plant physiology at University of California , Riverside , to learn about the methods used by botanists to study and sample plants , and to discuss ways to explain the communication between Pandora 's organisms depicted in the film . 

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 The European languages introduced during colonialism have created a linguistic divide between the population who live in the Northwest and Southwest regions and the French @-@ speaking remainder of the country . Both English and French are official languages , although French is by far the most understood language ( more than 80 % ) . 

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 Linguists identified eight regional , linguistic divisions or subgroups of the Ohlone , listed below from north to south : 

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 Among the Plains groups that have petitioned for tribal status , only the Kavalan and Sakizaya have been officially recognized . The remaining twelve recognized tribes are traditionally regarded as mountain aboriginals . 

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 There is discussion among both scholars and political groups regarding the best or most appropriate name to use for many of the tribes and their languages , as well as the proper romanization of that name . Commonly cited examples of this ambiguity include ( Seediq / Sediq / Truku / Taroko ) and ( Tao / Yami ) . 
