Meanings
- A member of a fictional alien race in the 2009 film Avatar, depicted as tall blue humanoids.
Still, the Na’vi—the race of 10-foot smurfs who inhabit the distant planet Pandora in Cameron’s upcoming, $400 million science fiction epic, Avatar—had to speak something.
2009 December 1, Julian Sancton, “Brushing up on Na'vi, the Language of Avatar”, in Vanity Fair, archived from the original on 10 Feb 20101 more example
We are Harry Potter and William Wallace, the Na’vi and Han Solo. We’re escaping from Shawshank and blowing up the Death Star. We are fighting with the Harkonnens and challenging Thanos. Ukraine is hosting one of the great epics of this century.
2023 February 16, Pavlo Kazarin, “A year ago I volunteered as a soldier in the Ukrainian army”, in NATO Review, archived from the original on 31 Mar 2025
- A constructed language designed by Paul Frommer to be spoken by fictional extraterrestrials in the 2009 film Avatar.
Frommer is holding out hope that Na’vi will follow the example of Klingon, which he calls the “gold standard for this alien language niche.”
2009 December 1, Julian Sancton, “Brushing up on Na'vi, the Language of Avatar”, in Vanity Fair, archived from the original on 10 Feb 20102 more examples
You might be familiar with more a priori conlangs than you think: The Klingon language from the television series "Star Trek," the Na’vi language from the movie "Avatar," and the Dothraki language from the television series "Game of Thrones" are all examples of a priori languages.
2012 October 31, Laura Wright, “UT Language Creation Society invites students to learn origins of newer languages”, in The Daily Texan, Austin, Tex.: Texas Student Media, University of Texas at Austin, published 8 April 2013, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Aug 2020Speakers of toki pona have formed a large online community. On Discord, the largest toki pona community claims approximately 13,000 members (as of February 1, 2024), more than the largest Na’vi community at approximately 9,600 members, the largest Interslavic community at approximately 8,000 members, or the largest Esperanto community at approximately 7,400 members.
2024 April 16, Rebecca Bettencourt (jan Lepeka), et al., “Preliminary proposal to encode sitelen pona in the UCS”, in Unicode, archived from the original on 18 Jul 2025, pages 2-3
Origin
- art-navNaʼvi“the People”
- EnglishNaʼvi
From Naʼvi Naʼvi (“the People”).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Czech Na'vi, naʼvijština
- Na'vimember of the Naʼvi people
- naʼvijštinathe Naʼvi language
Esperanto navio, la navia
- naviomember of the Naʼvi people
- la naviathe Naʼvi language
- la navia lingvothe Naʼvi language
French Naʼvi, naʼvi
- Naʼvimember of the Naʼvi people
- naʼvimember of the Naʼvi people
- Naʼvithe Naʼvi language
- naʼvithe Naʼvi language
Japanese ナヴィ, ナヴィ語
- ナヴィ (navi)member of the Naʼvi people
- ナヴィ語 (navi go)the Naʼvi language
Korean 나비어
- 나비어 (nabieo)the Naʼvi language
Polish naʼvi, naʼvi
- naʼvimember of the Naʼvi people
- naʼvithe Naʼvi language
Russian наʼви, наʼви
- наʼви (naʼvi)member of the Naʼvi people
- наʼви (naʼvi)the Naʼvi language
Spanish naʼvi
- naʼvithe Naʼvi language
Cite this entry
Naʼvi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Na%CA%BCvi
“Naʼvi.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Na%CA%BCvi. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Naʼvi,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Na%CA%BCvi.
Source: Naʼvi on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.