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The fictional language of the Ewoks, Ewokese, was primarily based on which real-world language?

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Correct answer: Kalmyk Oirat

Sound designer Ben Burtt created Ewokese after being inspired by a documentary showing the Kalmyk Oirat language, spoken by a Mongolic people in Russia. He recorded elderly speakers and adapted their phonetic patterns to create the high-pitched Ewok dialogue, blending it with other languages like Tibetan.

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