Parseltongue

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corinthum wrote:
> A quick question regarding the Parseltongue we hear in the movie.  
> Is this an actual conlang constructed for the movie, or did they 
> simply use random hissing sounds?  If the former, could anyone tell 
> me where I could find more info on it?

It seems that it was a mixture of both. Apparently, the production 
team approached a linguistics specialist at Cambridge (?) University 
to construct Parseltongue, and he came up with a complete vocabulary 
for them to use. Columbus and his team tweaked it a little bit to 
work better on the screen.

If you want to find out more, I supoose the best place to find out is 
through the Warner Bros. press department (or directly from Columbus, 
if you want to try that way). I think addresses have been made 
available on the official website.