The linguist behind the language of the wild horsemen in "Game of Thrones" previews his forthcoming Dothraki primer at San Diego Comic-Con -- and offers some language lessons. Senior writer Seth ...

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In the Game of Thrones books, George R.R. Martin created the first words of the Dothraki language. For the HBO series based on the books, language creator David J. Peterson was tapped to expand upon ...

When the producers of the HBO series “Game of Thrones” needed to create the languages to be spoken in their fantasy world, they looked to a UC Berkeley alumnus. David Peterson, who graduated from UC ...

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“Gi suilon!” For mere mortals, this is how one greets a friend in Sindarin Elvish. Nerdy, it's true, but language and fandom have gone hand-in-hand for at least half a century. It began with J. R. R.

“I decided, let’s throw a little gender equality into the language, just for fun,” Peterson told a Dothraki lecture group at San Diego Comic-Con. He also gave the crowd — well, not a spoiler exactly, ...

David Peterson, UC Berkeley alumnus and creator of Dothraki and High Valyrian languages spoken in “Game of Thrones,” will be teaching a three-unit course this summer, called “The Linguistics of Game ...

When watching Game of Thrones, many fans may catch themselves wondering whether or not there’s anything actually being said when characters speak Dothraki. There’s no way the actors could learn lines ...

A fan of “Game of Thrones” dresses as Kahl Drogo, a member of the Dothraki, a fictional people and language that is at the center of a new college course at the University of California Berkeley ...