`  ==Tripartite== How a language is supossed to have both ergative an accusative cases?   :Read tripartite alignment.     == speakers ==  Two of the actors, Zoe Saldana and one other, evidently have used bits of Na'vi offset, Saldana saying her mom looks at her weird when she drops Na'vi words at dinner. Not exactly a ``speaker``, but I wonder if that's worth mention.     == Emoticons for affect ==  I noticed that the notation for affect has been changed from parenthesized words ``(ugh!)`` and ``(yeah!)`` to Unicode emoticons ``☹`` and ``☺``. Is there a consensus for that? It's not that I don't like the idea as such but I find the emoticons pretty hard to read: especially when using a small font it becomes virtually impossible to distinguish between the two. Also, some people's computers might still have difficulties with showing Unicode characters. I'd suggest changing them back to the original notation ``(ugh!)`` and ``(yeah!)`` or at least something similarly textual. What do you think? What is the advantage of using emoticons over simple text?     :Strongly agree. Emoticons should not be used in encyclopedic articles...not only for the reason Sebastian raises above, but for aesthetic and professional appearance reasons as well. —   @    :I agree as well, but ``ugh!`` and ``yeah`` are similarly unprofessional. Just append the sentences with something like (enthusiastic) or (dissapproving), so there is no confusion.      ::I'll change back for now; then we can discuss better translations.     == Sources == A section should explain what are the official sources / institution for the languages. Is there a book ? Just the movie and Frommer ? The movie and the studio ? please explain where we have to look for official sources.     == Oel ngati kameie ``I See you (yeah!)`` == What does ``Oel ngati kameie - I See you (yeah!)`` means ? # Hey ! hello dude ! # I read in you / trust you. The film make a clear distinction. But ``Oel ngati kameie - I See you (yeah!)`` seems like ``Hey ! Hello dude !``,  while I found nothing like ``I read in you / trust you.`` in the article.     :“(yeah!)” is an awkward way of describing something that doesn't exist in English as such: the affect, and here in particular the positive attitude of the speaker. In oel ngati kameie, this laudative is used to indicate the pleasure the speaker feels in the meeting. Please see the discussion #Emoticons for affect above for the issues with “(yeah!)” and, similarly, “(ugh!)”. The “see into you” aspect of kame is suggested by capitalizing “See”, as was done in the movie script.     ::I still think emoticons are a better solution.     :::Emoticons are not optimal for several reasons, some of which I stated before. In addition, there is more than just the affect for positive and negative attitude (laudative and pejorative) since we also have formal and evidential affect. Emoticons could only cover the first two, but not the others. So, this is what I suggest: Why not simply stick to the linguistic habit of simply putting a marker in the translation? Then oel ngati kameie would translate as “I See you []!” Pejorative would similarly be marked with “[]”, honorifics with “[]”, and evidentiality with “[]”.  ([[User talk