Hovitos was the obscure language spoken by the Hovitos tribes[1] in a secluded valley in the jungle highlands of Chachapoyas, Peru.[2] By 1936[3] René Emile Belloq had struck an allegiance with the Hovitos, due to his mastery of their language.[1] After Indiana Jones menaged to gain the Chachapoyan Fertility Idol, he lost it to Belloq who he used to snap off with Hovitos in their tongue. As Indy escaped,[3] he ordered them to kill him.[4]
William Smyth-Kelley knew to speak Hovitos language.[2]
Behind the scenes[]
In Raiders of the Lost Ark Belloq simply orders to kill Indiana Jones by mimicking cutting his throat with his hand,[3] but in the novelization and the comic adaptation he actually orders them to kill him in Hovitos.[5][4]
Appearances[]
- Raiders of the Lost Ark novel (First appearance)
- Raiders of the Lost Ark
- Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark junior novel
- Raiders of the Lost Ark comic
Sources[]
Raiders of the Lost Ark trading cards (Card: Belloq's Prize)- Raiders of the Lost Ark Sourcebook
Belloq's Marshall College entry on IndianaJones.com (backup link on Archive.org)