If a khal dies without a strong successor, kos might fight amongst themselves and form their own khalasars. Nouns divide into two classes, inanimate and animate. 12 0 obj Youre giving me a lot of leeway there. Contact an admin if you have any troubles at all. Im not sure what the protocol for that is, so Ill just ping @slakgedakru. After several hours and mangled attempts at conjugation I am admitting defeat. By the way, I love iZombie. And if there is any language from game of thrones that has a phrase similar to "I love you" or anything close to that! This linguistic depth provides a captivating and realistic element to the Game of Thrones universe, specifically for the Dothraki world. To answer your questions, there is no companion at the moment for High Valyrian. Peterson adopted this technique and called it the "Schrutean compound".[17][18]. endobj [4], A khal is the leader of a khalasar, a nomadic horde of Dothraki. Yikes. /Filter /FlateDecode /o/ turns into [] after dental consonants. This structure allows for consistently short, direct sentences that perfectly mirror the Dothraki peoples tendency of forwardness. I still havent seen that episode yet, but if thats what was said, its probably Che dothras, che drivos, which meansRide or die. 12429 As forI love you, in Dothraki youd say Anha zhilak yera, and in High Valyrian youd say Avy jorrelan. Because thank you is commonly used during the exchange of items, the term never came to fruition in Dothraki. These linguistic features appear to be just technicalities, but with a closer look, they undeniably play a fundamental role in the Game of Thrones universe, and in the shows momentous success. If I ever want to write something else language-y, Ill probably do so there as well, and then Ill tweet it out. Living Language Dothrakidoesnt go into how I created the language, as it really is an instructional guide. Modal particles precede the verb. Love your work in Game of Thrones. TED-Ed Animations feature the words and ideas of educators brought to life by professional animators. David Peterson has said, "You know, most people probably don't really know what Arabic actually sounds like, so to an untrained ear, it might sound like Arabic. 17 0 obj That would make things tough.). ' Zk! $l$T4QOt"y\b)AI&NI$R$)TIj"]&=&!:dGrY@^O$ _%?P(&OJEBN9J@y@yCR nXZOD}J}/G3k{%Ow_.'_!JQ@SVF=IEbbbb5Q%O@%!ByM:e0G7 e%e[(R0`3R46i^)*n*|"fLUomO0j&jajj.w_4zj=U45n4hZZZ^0Tf%9->=cXgN]. Thank you! /N 3 1431 0 obj <>/Filter/FlateDecode/ID[<28C34A61E053FB4EB7F359045D2E77C7>]/Index[1423 30]/Info 1422 0 R/Length 65/Prev 627191/Root 1424 0 R/Size 1453/Type/XRef/W[1 3 1]>>stream Its much harder to come up with a name based on an old etymology than just typing something out in a font. I need to come up with more there; its a fun language. The vowels /i, e, o, a/ turn into [e, , , ] after /q/. To track your work across TED-Ed over time, Register or Login instead. Is there a High Valyrian companion either available or in the works? Dothrakis noun inventory is a reflection of the most important aspects of Dothraki life, while the absence of certain terms mirrors the isolationist practices of Dothraki culture. If there were to be any written examples of Dothraki in the A Song of Ice and Fire universe, it would be in a writing system developed in the Free Cities and adapted to Dothraki, or in some place like Ghis or Qarth, which do have writing systems. after the episode airs I post all the dialogue with translations), you can now go there. /Length 12429 %%EOF My cousin is getting married soon and the both of them love watching GoT so I thought it would be cool to put a special message in their gift. As of September2011[update], the language comprised 3163 words,[2] not all of which have been made public. Lauren Nelsen is a Linguistics major at CU Boulder, with a minor in Portuguese. The lexicon is an imperative piece of the language, as it captures Dothrakis most valued cultural elements and channels them to the viewer via linguistics. Secondly, it had to be easily pronounceable or learnable by the actors. Hi Mr. Peterson, I'm a big fan of your work on StarCrossed, Defiance, and Game of Thrones. 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With an in-depth analysis of Dothrakis linguistics features, like syntax the way in which linguistic elements (such as words) are put together to form constituents (such as phrases or clauses), morphology the system of word-forming elements and processes in a language, and lexicon the vocabulary of a language, an individual speaker or group of speakers, or a subject, my project connects language to Dothraki culture, while highlighting how the use of this constructed language contributes to the overall Game of Thrones experience. Now weve got that chunk done. Dothraki, created by author and con-langer David J. Peterson, is one of the constructed languages created for the series. Add that to the end of the NP, and you get your fully translated sentence: So, there you go! 1452 0 obj <>stream Could work? For example, the circumfix /-sa(v) / _ /-alat/ is attached to nouns to indicate that the subject is covered in that noun. From becoming Tumblr famous overnight due to reblogging a post about life hacks (yes, that literally happened), to discoursing on spoons, to now, its been an amazing half a decade (maybe more?). We lifted our age restriction a while back, as long as you understand that while the community strives to be a safe place for all, some discussions are not PG and sometimes it can become heated with political opinions. 4 0 obj But its not just a show; its a constructed universe with different tribes and realistic constructed languages. FV>2 u/_$\BCv< 5]s.,4&yUx~xw-bEDCHGKwFGEGME{EEKX,YFZ ={$vrK z do#3M AQ B4Hs[ Thank you for taking you're time to answer everyone's asks! % endstream [46] According to Peterson, Martin has asked him for help in translating some passages for the upcoming The Winds of Winter. stream Notsuper something like that, butsomething like that. The sea is called the havazh in Dothraki. Nevakhi vekha ha maan: Rekke, m'aresakea norethi fitte. Dothraki use the terms "it is known" frequently. As such, I've embarked on the tedious journey of learning the language. The namePelrar seems like kind of a mouthful, but also seems pretty cool. Using Danys name as a model, you could do Embys, but personally I think Embrys sounds much better. >> You are as beautiful as my strongest horse.. 5 0 obj David Peterson has said, "You know, most people probably don't really know what Arabic actually sounds like, so to an untrained ear, it might sound like Arabic. In Dothraki, there are a series of auxiliary-like particles that attach to a subject noun phrase. For that, though, you can pick up my new book, The Art of Language Invention, which comes out September 29th. hs2z\nLA"Sdr%,lt [1][2][3], Only a few terms and translations are known from the Dothraki tongue, as George R.R. [2][5] Daenerys Targaryen and Khal Drogo refer to each other as "my sun-and-stars" and "moon of my life". Although the language is not heavily reliant on its morphological structure, it is an important aspect of Dothraki linguistics. in Dothraki or High Valyrian? Athdavrazar! [h] and [h], respectively. I know shieraki is stars, so all I need is thief! Hope you like the book! Eh. endobj If there were to be any written examples of Dothraki in the A Song of Ice and Fire universe, it would be in a writing system developed in the Free Cities and adapted to Dothraki, or in some place like Ghis or Qarth, which do have writing systems.[8]. But, yes, more in Trigedasleng. The best I could do was try to sketch in each of the chief tongues of my imaginary world in broad strokes, and give them each their characteristic sounds and spellings. Wed probably want to stay away from Embrio or Embrion, given that they sound exactly like embryo. But its out there now, so hopefully itll get put to good use. %PDF-1.4 [4], The Dothraki vocabulary was created by David J. Peterson well in advance of the adaptation. It is known to be a rough, harsh language. They can still be used as variants of /f/ and /v/. Theres one thatll be in Dothraki! Course: Morphology and Syntax (Ling 4420) David J. Peterson's on the Tumblr. Game of Thrones is one of the most successful TV franchises in the history of television. A1vjp zN6p\W pG@ [6] He went on to create the Valyrian languages for season 3 of Game of Thrones. Though its much more in evidence in the books, they call salt water poison water (evethiz), and are kind of fearful of going near it. Also,what was it that the character said? In prepositional phrases, prepositions always precede their noun complements. How, exactly, would you say "You are nearly as beautiful as my strongest horse" in Dothraki? E6S2)212 "l+&Y4P%\%g|eTI (L 0_&l2E 9r9h xgIbifSb1+MxL0oE%YmhYh~S=zU&AYl/ $ZU m@O l^'lsk.+7o9V;?#I3eEKDd9i,UQ h6'~khu_ }9PIo= C#$n?z}[1 Along with these elements, the constructed languages an invented language intended for human communication that has planned and cohesive phonological, grammatical, and syntactical systems, or con-langs, used in the show have all the features of a real language.

By Lauren Nelsen My long running nickname/ story for him is that he stole the stars and hid them in his eyes, so I call him my star thief. Pelys or Pelrys would be good names. In Trigedasleng, one of my favorites I came up with isbranwoda. QqDYFqC > 6#8*3CGt~"SuoSNsn/s:&'/Ak@a$pFBh.F X0s~Qy[B>yZ\A\ nnEyO. hO>mq H[pTBqzB[J%j2H#F&"]xRVk_>~kR$+u+~v2Wg*=NCDyAiF*E" vx2>H V=QV|NnU>1 I >KBt)DtyI(z, 4x%)Wh I@2|FDJK>/L+=y3^lsccZ_qiW=xw/#743=t;"^h~.nN F"H}]Z., HRT To someone who knows Arabic, it doesn't. Why do we, like, hesitate when we, um, speak? I could just do something like: Thats something like that. There are 33 consonant phonemes in the Dothraki language. Thanks! Despite the realism of these elements, they are merely visual and not tangible for the viewer. Looking around, I dont see chir anywhere on that net (which is weird, because I couldve sworn I used it in a script), so that wouldve rendered this translation impossible (or clunky, at least). The language needed to match the terms used in the books, and it needed to be easy to pronounce or learn by the actors. HBO hired the Language Creation Society to create the language, and after an application process involving over 30 conlangers, Peterson was chosen to develop the Dothraki language. << 2612

stream Thats May you live happily for many years! Hows that? The Dothraki language is a constructed fictional language in George R. R. Martin's fantasy novel series A Song of Ice and Fire and its television adaptation Game of Thrones. Just pronounce them right in a row. (D:20190721114828Z00'00') I dig that name. Verbs conjugate in infinitive, past, present, future, two imperatives and (archaic) participle; they also agree with person, number and polarity. In Astapori Valyrian you can call someonehubre, goat. [4], The Dothraki language used in the HBO television adaptation Game of Thrones was constructed by David J. Peterson, a member of the Language Creation Society. << But lets see what we can do in Valyrian. The sets, costumes, characters, and dialogue carry immense depth that results in an immersive experience for the viewer. The Dothraki language was developed under two significant constraints. 4.0,` 3p H.Hi@A> So I saw the "Learning Dothraki" book/cd set at Barnes and Noble today when I was picking up "Dances with Dragons" and I already know that I'm picking that up when I get my next paycheck because it looks fantastic and interesting. It is spoken by the Dothraki, a nomadic people in the series's fictional world. Ai gonplei ste odon. Several names of cities, lands and others are described in the published material: Tolkien was a philologist, and an Oxford don, and could spend decades laboriously inventing Elvish in all its detail. Another option might bePele, which mean something like She who comes from the waves. Here the romanized form is given on the left, and the IPA in brackets. Click Register if you need to create a free TED-Ed account. Just like any language, Dothraki comes with a functional morphological system. The order is as follows: this father very violent of.mine with.a.whip, demonstrative noun adverb adjective genitive noun prepositional phrase, this very violent father of mine with a whip. You could also use the-io(n) endings and getPelio orPelrioorPelion or Pelrion. This means that the language was entirely birthed from several nouns specific to Dothraki lifestyle and values. Why should people learn artificial languages when there are actual languages in the world? Gonna get on that. Your name and responses will be shared with TED Ed. Hey, did you write the Dothraki in Season 2, Episode 8 of iZombie, "The Hurt Stalker"? This is why language is so imperative, as it adds an auditory and functional component to the show. The vowels /i, e, o, a/ are realized as [e, , , ] after /q/. Weve got several different words for horse, but presuming this is ones own horse, Id prefer sajo for this. I was wondering if you could tell me what my name (Hunter) would be in Dothraki. I've been doing fine with simple sentences, but a friend threw this at me: "You are nearly as beautiful as my strongest horse." Thanks! In sequence of multiple vowels, each such vowel represents a separate syllable. .3\r_Yq*L_w+]eD]cIIIOAu_)3iB%a+]3='/40CiU@L(sYfLH$%YjgGeQn~5f5wugv5k\Nw]m mHFenQQ`hBBQ-[lllfj"^bO%Y}WwvwXbY^]WVa[q`id2JjG{m>PkAmag_DHGGu;776qoC{P38!9-?|gK9w~B:Wt>^rUg9];}}_~imp}]/}.{^=}^?z8hc' /o/ can be pronounced as [u] after [g], [k] and [x]. [3][5][17][18][6][7][19] It is unknown whether these expressions are commonly used amongst the Dothraki. These two constraints influenced the grammar and phonology of the language: for instance, as in English, there is no contrast between aspirated and unaspirated stops. 7 0 obj RIL=jF2s3=)|oc_x l1V6 J#>,fc" OcWmQE|FR[*X&. There are 23 consonant phonemes in the Dothraki language. To say strongest, you modify haj, giving us sajo ahajanaz. endobj linguist@colorado.edu If youd like to find out what Im up to now, check one of these places: Yes, you read right: Ive started an AO3. They can still be used as variants of [f] and [v]. /Filter /FlateDecode I cant imagine that Ill be as active there as I was here, but its nice to know theres a place I can go to put out something longer than a tweet. endobj We can now build up the following sentence: Yer ven zheana ven sajo ahajanaz anni. Thats a good one. :) Im not sure I have a great answer for you, though. Nominate yourself here . I think its pretty cool. Aww, thats a nice story. K)Yf(deYj/d{PVb} 1aY9y)FBJIY/|K Jci Ge!-6YaotVVo$j_Nm.

Fax : (303)492-4416, University of Colorado Boulder Regents of the University of Colorado In sequence of multiple vowels, each such vowel represents a separate syllable. Instead, for those who followed this Tumblr specifically for my posts on dialogue on the various shows Ive worked on (e.g. That one may seem like a tough one, but if we break it down, it should get a little easier. Advisor: Jared Desjardins Martin, contain a few Dothraki words, but did not have a developed syntactic or morphological structure. The language was developed for the TV series by the language creator David J. Peterson,[1] working off the Dothraki words and phrases in Martin's novels. Be mature. I know your answer time is over, but I forgot to send this in in time, so maybe you'll see it! That's right, Klingon, John McWhorter posits that theres much more to texting. To someone who knows Arabic, it doesn't. hbbd```b``^"ddku id,1+3012jJg Next lets look at this comparative construction. In a basic sentence, the order of these elements (when all three are present) is as in English: first comes the subject (S), followed by the verb (V), and then the object (O). A khal's wife is called a khaleesi, and his heir is known as a khalakka. The Dothraki language is the language spoken by the Dothraki, the indigenous nomadic horse people who roam the Dothraki sea in central Essos. endobj In the first, zheanaacts as a verb, whereas in the second, it acts as an adjective. Telephone : (303) 492-8456 The word for hunter in Dothraki isFonak, so thatd be the Dothraki version of your name. Anyway, lets start with the easy stuff and move on to the harder stuff. Only students who are 13 years of age or older can create a TED-Ed account. Thanks in advance! A strong horse, then, would be sajo haj. Kind of wordy. 16 0 obj >> Peterson drew inspiration from George R. R. Martin's description of the language, as well as from such languages as Estonian, Inuktitut, Turkish, Russian, and Swahili.[5]. Further examples of demonstratives include:[15], Further examples of adjectives include:[16], Adverbs normally are sentence final, but they can also immediately follow the verb. LURA 2019. Im still easy to find on the internet. The geminates of consonants marked with digraphs have a reduced orthography: Dothraki has a fifteen vowel system shown below: In the A Song of Ice and Fire books, u never occurs as a vowel, appearing only after q, and only in names, as in Jhiqui and Quaro. endobj :), M'athchomaroon! Watch video-based lessons organized by subject and age, Find video-based lessons organized by theme, Learn through interactive experiences created with other organizations, Organize video-based lessons in your own collection, Learn how students can create talks as part of a class, club or other program, Learn how educators in your community can give their own TED-style talks, Donate to support TED-Eds non-profit mission, Buy custom prints inspired by TED-Ed animations. Photo courtesy of The Daily Dot. Starthief in English is pretty cool! Hello! So jazzed that something of mine appeared in it! The original Game of Thrones books, written by George R.R. Dothraki utilizes some interesting idiosyncrasies in its morphology. xwTS7" %z ;HQIP&vDF)VdTG"cEb PQDEk 5Yg} PtX4X\XffGD=H.d,P&s"7C$ Sadly, it is no longer being maintained. adjective./. My friends and I like to tease each other and two of them watch Game of Thrones and one of them watches The 100 so could you maybe give me some (light) insults in Valyrian, Dothraki or Trigedasleng? [13], In the episode "Andy's Ancestry" from the United States television show The Office, Dwight Schrute created the Dothraki phrase "throat rip" by putting "throat" in the accusative and placing it in front of the transitive verb. Privacy Legal & Trademarks Campus Map, an invented language intended for human communication that has planned and cohesive phonological, grammatical, and syntactical systems, the way in which linguistic elements (such as words) are put together to form constituents (such as phrases or clauses), the system of word-forming elements and processes in a language, the vocabulary of a language, an individual speaker or group of speakers, or a subject. 13 0 obj This does not change word meaning. The word for sea in High Valyrian is embar (or, more figurately, embrar). Does that mean Im writing fanfiction? Mathchomaroon! Well, Dothrakis been around longer, so it trumps all other the languages for the sheer volume of insults present. Something like? nevaxi vexa ha maan reke maesakea noei fite, seat.GEN exist.3SG.PRES for 3SG.ALL there.ACC with.coward.ALL.PL hair.GEN short, There is a place for him: There, with the short-haired cowards. The Dothraki people are honest, direct, and brutal. I do have another option for you, though. 0 Ahhh Now this is a question that makes sense, given the way the languages work. endstream endobj startxref Or, in Dothraki, Anha zalak mem vallayafa yera, jin timvir. 6 0 obj The Valyrians, of course, have no problem with the sea, so a name with such a derivation would be quite appropriate. hKA5TA` 0V"(XXZB;}`1Pp 5Pu75]KbG=G?@[q|018yN`= Ixx5u Zp h(5JTL0wIg,0R 8ZZ8uOq?zAj %PDF-1.5 % First, the language had to match the uses already put down in the books. endobj To say something is as something as something else, you use the word ven. Martin has not developed an actual language. The thing with Dothraki is they kind of hate the sea. That one sounds a bit tougher as a name, I think:Arghurys. In High Valyrian, to hunt isarghugon, and the agentive noun derived from it isarghurys.

[5] When a khal dies, his khaleesi joins the dosh khaleen in the only true city the Dothraki have, Vaes Dothrak. Compounds of this sort are a form of object incorporation. Dillon would just be spelled the same way in High Valyrian (its a name, so it likely wont change). If not, it appeared in this article on Wired. I've two questions about Dothraki phonology, if that's okay. I tend to think of the sound as a mix between Arabic (minus the distinctive pharyngeals) and Spanish, due to the dental consonants. There are seven different words in Dothraki for striking another person with a sword. The Dothraki language was developed under two restrictions. [3][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16] Bloodriders are referred to as "blood of my blood". Here the IPA character is given on the left, with the romanized form in brackets. ^$FOv'iXw83_6oW+c-s[Qv()[n(=N`hs[~xw8=Z-[Bw.sDQ1. /Length1 18340 I have recently become a huge, passionate fan of Game of Thrones and the entire Dothraki culture. [5], A ko acts as a captain or lieutenant for a khal. [47], English Wikipedia page on the Dothraki language, George R. R. Martin's A World of Ice and Fire, Official HBO Press Release (April 12, 2010), Learn to Speak Dothraki and Valyrian From the Man Who Invented Them for, https://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php?title=Dothraki_language&oldid=279081, The Dothraki name for the northern portion of the great mountain chain that divides Essos, more commonly known as the, A formed settlement of the wood walkers from the. Without these features, the language would seem artificial, removing the viewer from the scene. endstream endobj 1424 0 obj <>/Metadata 139 0 R/Pages 1421 0 R/StructTreeRoot 174 0 R/Type/Catalog>> endobj 1425 0 obj <>/MediaBox[0 0 612 792]/Parent 1421 0 R/Resources<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI]>>/Rotate 0/StructParents 0/Tabs/S/Type/Page>> endobj 1426 0 obj <>stream endobj Both Embos and Embros are possible, but to me they sound like male names. The absence of certain words also plays a key role in the believability of the language. (Word) That goes into all sorts of detail about how I create languages generally, and also some specifics on the creation of Dothraki. Are you an educator or animator interested in creating a TED-Ed Animation? tmm@Jp**5lu QDCgVOVU[{I7EeH{I9(u'Eno !R0e }TL6 ==uHoMAD Wgh4R:4H,n>npE3 \w\" [|-]{w)4 Only students who are 13 years of age or older can save work on TED-Ed Lessons. p and b seem to appear only in names, as in Pono and Bharbo. That said, you can still do it. My boyfriend and I love game of thrones (it's one of the reasons we met, actually) and one of the first things I did to impress him was speak dothraki to him, so I absolutely must know what the word for thief is. Welcome to the Klingon Language Institute. For now, though, a fond farewell from me and little Roman. So a compound of that would be Zifichekshierakan. (Microsoft Word - Fiat Lingua Frontispiece_Sanjeev Vinodh.docx) Opening photo credit Create and share a new lesson based on this one. Voiceless stops may be aspirated. :( Not too bad, though, now that Ive said it a couple times. Actually Embar or Embrar by themselves could serve as names, and also Embor or Embror. If I come to your home town, let me know and we can say hey. A lot of us are serious and still want to learn but alone is hard and I wouldn't consider myself good enough yet to make an age friendly chat/community myself :). Game of Thrones, a hugely successful TV show, has firmly established its presence in popular culture. That said, Im not encouraging more questions like this! To say my strongest horse, you use the first person pronoun in the genitive (since a horse isnt a body part), giving us sajo ahajanaz anni.

No, Im afraid not. Each Dothraki scene in Game of Thrones contains all the components of a realistic universe: functional costumes, believable settings, and complex characters. <> (Though there may be a word here that hasnt been released yet. h}OFJPKkW'$ ]+J%+L98H<3^d L ~hb )a"4JlB`KIihA@^L:u~^)aGJjiQt?WM})FU]1qttTd,7r$5ZFM}7k~l.(dFYeQ.=P3rJ1(LK5R3qG/ysq04}d-C4X1bd}pt<>98[ufA\,s`pZsa`8OR$bTuGk198H0'v Hello! If you have already signed into ted.com click Sign In to verify your authentication. As in, come up with a word that would mean "female entity that comes from/belong to the sea" in those languages? The penultimate is stressed if its a closed syllable, You are nearly as beautiful as my strongest horse.. b and p seem to appear only in names, as in Bharbo and Pono. There is one thats used in situations where wed use almost or nearly in English: chir. Not only does Dothraki sound like an actual language, it is an actual language, because it includes major linguistics components, like morphology, syntax, and lexicon. Let me give you some options for a name. If you came looking for David J. Petersons Tumblr, you found it! Im pretty sure it occurred on Game of Thrones. Itll teach you how to use the language, but doesnt go into the process behind it. These consonants were used in the past but have since developed into [f] and [v]. [11], Though prepositions are also sometimes employed, the language is foremost inflectional. ;p. First, lets talk about Dothraki. Ill continue those posts there, and tag the relevant fandoms in the tags. The pronunciation of those clusters isnt stated in the course because theyre pronounced like consonant clustersi.e. These two constraints were an influence on the grammar and phonology of the Dothraki language developed for HBO. You can use it in one of two ways, as shown below: The difference here is slight but important. [11][12] /o/ can be pronounced as [u] after /, k, x/. He delivered over 1700 words to HBO before the initial shooting. In 2012, 146 newborn girls in the United States were named "Khaleesi", the Dothraki term for the wife of a khal or ruler, and the title adopted in the series by Daenerys Targaryen. [] She loves all areas of the field, but has a passion for Phonetics and Phonology.

These cultural characteristics are mirrored in Dothrakis syntax. If you have a moment could you tell me how to write the name Dillon In high valyrian? ZAD)Gd[ E.g. The geminates of consonants marked with digraphs have a reduced orthography: Dothraki has a four vowel system shown below: In the A Song of Ice and Fire books, u never occurs as a vowel, appearing only after q, and only in names, as in Jhiqui and Quaro. Prefixes, suffixes and circumfixes are all used. Of these, I like Embrys the best. J% /*IcLHRe+ QAU`?1zrD/=FSiG=7'6`:-X^0vw0 ]pA Hello! The letters c and x do not appear in Dothraki, although c appears in the digraph ch. Examples: shierak [i.e.ak] - star, rhaesh [ha.e] - country, khaleesi [xa.le.e.si] - queen. She hopes to explore all areas of Linguistics, and eventually become a professor in the field. I'm a big fan of your work on Game of Thrones, and I was wondering if you could translate my name (Marina) into Valyrian and Dothraki? /Alternate /DeviceRGB The letters c and x never appear in Dothraki, although c appears in the digraph ch. :). "[7], Regarding the orthography, the Dothraki themselves do not have a writing systemnor do many of the surrounding peoples (e.g., the Lhazareen). John McWhorter looks back to the good old days when English was newly split from German -- and books, names and eggs were beek, namen and eggru!

For example, because the Dothraki people worship horses, there are more than 8 words for horse in Dothraki. The syntax provides a consistent structure for the language, the morphology allows words to be utilized in different contexts, while the lexicon captures the most important elements of Dothraki life.