I believe your primary motivation for learning something should be based on whether you enjoy it. If you really want to learn it don't allow others to discourage you. If you learn enough Na'vi before the sequels you may not even need to read the subtitles because you'll already know what they're saying.
The truth is there's no reason not to learn Na'vi.
I learned about the Phoenician/Aramaic alphabet even though there's really not any point in doing so because no one knows what these languages sound like and while converting English letters into Phonetic letters looks neat it's incorrect. I used to write notes for class in Phoenician and while I could read and write it just as well as English it wasn't true Phoenician because no one is sure how they structured their sentences. Sort of like how English, Spanish, and French use the same alphabet, but the structuring and arrangement is different.
Languages like Phoenician and Aramaic are some of the first known languages of humans and the only records we have of them are in stone tablets and carvings.
The Phoenicians came up with the Phonetic language and at some point in their history for no real reason they decided to create a secondary language known as Aramaic. There are only small differences between the symbols, but Aramaic is the more well known version that eventually became Hebrew, which was the language of Jesus Christ and is a language that is still around today.
There are many different adaptations of the Aramaic language and these eventually became different types of Arabic.
Phoenician Alphabet
No one knows what the Phoenician/Aramaic language sounded like, but we use their language in terms for describing vocal development. The Phoenicians pioneered creating and teaching language so we use them for describing the basis of language. Phone, which has been derived from their name means "sound/voice." Ah, now you know where the word telephone came from. Tele means "distant" and phone means "sound/voice" so basically telephone means "distant voice." Ever heard of Hooked on Phonics? Phonics is a word derived from phonetics, which is a word that describes the languages used by the Phoenicians. The Phoenicians laid the foundation for what would eventually become English characters. You also see these characters in other languages like Spanish and French with different arrangements, sounds, and accent markers. These characters come directly from the Greek alphabet.
To me this is all very interesting and by becoming interested in learning Phoenician it opened up the door for me to better understand humanity. I learned who we are and how we're connected through language. I was also quite surprised at how many languages we've actually had and how nearly all English words come form adaptations of the Greek language.
Where did the Phoenicians go? The decedents of Phoenicians still exist today in Lebanon and their official language is now Arabic or Lebanese dialect, but technically everyone on Earth can trace their ancestry back to the Phoenicians even though officially history says everyone is from Africa.
Are there any well known or famous people of direct Phoenician/Lebanese decent? Shakira is an example of such a person.
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Ximphron
There are some errors in what you said, but I'd rather not sound like a nitpicky linguistics nazi so i'll not point them out.
I'll also include the fact that any information I provided for this post came directly from history books so if I'm incorrect then the publishing company for the world history books are also incorrect and that also means that hundreds of millions of students have learned it incorrectly right along side me. I couldn't be too wrong because I received recognition from the state for taking the extra initiative. There was a ceremony in which I was presented with a $1,500 check for the Phoenician posters I made. The school I attended is one of the top 10 academic schools in my state with one of the strictest grading policies around. Any grade 75 or lower was considered failing and I managed to graduate with all A's (100 or above) and with honors.
My question is... why go through all the trouble of studying and learning if years later when you repeat what you were taught everyone jumps out of the woodwork to tell you that unfortunately you're wrong?
Facts are constantly changing... When I was in school Pluto was still a planet, but now officially it is no longer a planet. Children that are learning the new way now will tell me I'm wrong later on if I accidentally call Pluto a planet even though I'm only repeating what I was taught. This is exactly why I have a problem with schools teaching things that aren't confirmed yet... they're teaching speculation. Schools across the United States aren't even teaching the same things so people in Albany New York might get a different picture of history than someone in Sacramento California.
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maybe you'll get a role in the next Avatar movies, knowing Na;vi is a huge advantage as you don't have to learn it prior to filming, you'll already be ready to film 
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