Sokovian
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2021 11:39 am
In Marvel comics, Wanda Maximoff is Serbian. But in the movies they decided to change it to the fictional country of "Sokovia".
In the movie Age of Ultron, they just used Serbian as a stand-in for the Sokovian language. But for Wandavision, someone (possibly dialect coach Courtney Young? it's not clear) created a conlang to represent Sokovian. The only official written sample we have is this (which is in IPA, not orthography):
Could someone who knows Slavic languages tell us: what is this based on? what is it closest to? where it would fit in the tree (if anywhere)? does it make sense grammatically? is it just gibberish?
In the movie Age of Ultron, they just used Serbian as a stand-in for the Sokovian language. But for Wandavision, someone (possibly dialect coach Courtney Young? it's not clear) created a conlang to represent Sokovian. The only official written sample we have is this (which is in IPA, not orthography):
(There's a small amount of other Sokovian dialog in the show, but it hasn't been transcribed or subtitled.)We’ve been waiting for you
'tie mi t͡ʃaˈjaɫəm
Now you are here
ˈʃiɪdeŋ ˈti e ˈʃte
More perfect than I imagined
ˈdrage wo t͡sto ˈmisliɫəm
Our house is now a home (our house is now a nest)
ˈdom naʃ ˈʃiɪdeŋ ˈgnieʒdo
No matter where you go
bez veˈdeɪ̆ doˈkude ˈjit͡ʃiʃ
Sunlight shines on you
ˈʃiʒa ˈsunt͡so nad tiˈe
Could someone who knows Slavic languages tell us: what is this based on? what is it closest to? where it would fit in the tree (if anywhere)? does it make sense grammatically? is it just gibberish?