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What language does Starvin Marvin speak? (alien.top)

submitted 2 years ago by Zomboid5000@alien.top to c/southpark@metacritics.zone

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does anyone know what language Marvin speaks? The subtitles say “speaking native language“ I’m curious what language it is and what it translates to.

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[–] Throwaway100123100@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

It's almost certainly not a real language, but is inspired by African languages that use click consonants such as Xhosa

[–] douglas_stamperBTC@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I’d be hard pressed to imagine that Trey had any specific language in mind that he was trying to mimic in sound. Probably had a medley of various southwestern African Khoisan languages

Correction: Matt voiced Marvin

[–] Sprizys@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Sounds like Khoisan it’s an African tongue clicking language.

[–] cryptonewbeee@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Probably speaks marklar now so I wouldn't worry about it too much.

[–] Spider95818@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I both hate and am still much too amused by the fact that any time I need to come up with a name for an alien character in a game, I nearly always name them goddamned Marklar or Mar'klar or Mark Lar.

[–] Chicken_Col_Sanders@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

He marklars marklar now so I wouldn't marklar about marklar.

[–] DesastreUrbano@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

And before that was probably just simple ethinopian

[–] d00dsm00t@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Click click derk

[–] CDPR_Liars@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

African-blackish

[–] Krocsyldiphithic@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Dude, the level of asinine questions on this sub recently.