I’ve always been fascinated by “fictional” languages. I put fictional in quotes because if it’s a language isn’t it a language? For example, though Klingons of Star Trek and Elves of Lord of the Rings don’t exist, people still learn and become fluent in their language. Is Dothraki a real language? What do you think? pri-arts: The HBO series “Game of Thrones” transports audiences to a fantasy world in which the politics and violence are as brutally real as our own. The Dothraki are a nomadic warrior tribe that figure heavily in the series. When the show’s creators were looking for someone to invent a language for the Dothraki people, they needed something that sounded as believable as the bloody battles looked. The Berkeley-trained linguist and Language Creation Society member David Peterson got the job when he submitted a 300-page book of Dothraki vocabulary and grammar. More. (Photo: Jason Momoa as Khal Drogo in the HBO series “Game of Thrones” / CC Dothraki language) Want to learn Klingon? Visit the Klingon Language Institute. Want to learn Elvish? Visit Elvish Linguistic Fellowship. Want to learn Dothraki? Visit the New York Times or this old looking website.

I’ve always been fascinated by “fictional” languages.

I put fictional in quotes because if it’s a language isn’t it a language? For example, though Klingons of Star Trek and Elves of Lord of the Rings don’t exist, people still learn and become fluent in their language.

Is Dothraki a real language? What do you think?

pri-arts:

The HBO series “Game of Thrones” transports audiences to a fantasy world in which the politics and violence are as brutally real as our own. The Dothraki are a nomadic warrior tribe that figure heavily in the series. When the show’s creators were looking for someone to invent a language for the Dothraki people, they needed something that sounded as believable as the bloody battles looked.

The Berkeley-trained linguist and Language Creation Society member David Peterson got the job when he submitted a 300-page book of Dothraki vocabulary and grammar. More.

(Photo: Jason Momoa as Khal Drogo in the HBO series “Game of Thrones” / CC Dothraki language)

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