Game of Thrones Language Creator Reviews Valyrian and Dothraki Pronunciation | Vanity Fair

[@elizabethh8579]

I love how he speaks of the languages as if they are real with a rich history.

[@elizabethh8579]

@@starrystudy00 I agree Tolkien made such an immersive world, languages included. I have read the trilogy and the Hobbit, but have not yet gotten to the Simarillion.

[@kylershumaker1242]

It is rich with history you uncultured swine

[@maxhydekyle2425]

@@elizabethh8579 As much as I love Tolkien I wouldn't really recommend the Silmarillion. It's pretty boring since it was never edited by Tolkien himself and wasn't ready for publishing before his death. It's kind of like reading a history textbook except the guy that edited the book wasn't completely sure if what is said is true or not.

[@maxhydekyle2425]

@@kylershumaker1242 Hey she makes cat toys, she's clearly very cultured.

[@architius]

@@maxhydekyle2425 It's kind of liking reading the bible but a lot more epic

[@russianbear7832]

1:55 Valyrian has dialects. Not only did this guy make a language, he made dialects of the language. Holy lord.

[@d.r.robinson9599]

right?? dude you're taking this way too seriously...lol..lol..

[@Surdeigt]

It’s insanely awesome!

[@Mushimiya]

@@d.r.robinson9599 it's his job. Hr should take it seriously

[@d.r.robinson9599]

@@Mushimiya its a fake language...its not like he can actually use this in real life...like we the audience would of have really known if Emilia Clarke pronounced a certain word all wrong...LOL..

[@felipevasconcelos6736]

Many people do that. Natural languages have dialects, so naturalistic languages should also have dialects.

[@ummmdudewtf]

Shoutout to everyone learning high valyrian on duo lingo

[@esaie442]

I don’t have a choice. Duo has my family trapped in a bunker somewhere in the middle of nowhere and has threatened to sell them to the Taliban

[@uw5772]

Esaie Romain 😂😂😂

[@andreacabrales4053]

I love it

[@RobbinCotran1]

Yup. Still on the sweating mothers and knights levels 😂

[@fang609]

@@RobbinCotran1 Same 😂.

[@Soldmysoultorocknroll]

The pride in his eyes when he’s watching Emilia speak Valyrian is adorable

[@yolirama6150]

Fun fact : What he describes at 3:13 is a real sound change that happens in actual language evolution . It's called metathesis.

[@rujon288]

like the whole 'ask' being pronounced 'aks'?

[@yolirama6150]

@@rujon288 precisely :)

[@cherie7725]

Another fun fact, the explanation he gives for the pronunciation of "y" is true to Norwegian.

[@greitfinnorwegian2025]

@@cherie7725 which explanation are you referring to? And could you give an example?

[@Noah-xd5fh]

@@greitfinnorwegian2025 He explains at 4:41

[@mellamoakshay]

This dates back to the time GOT writers actually cared about the details.

[@morizon1337]

Mimimi

[@mistein837]

You mean the time when they had books to follow.

[@epiquewenqa]

@@mistein837 then that means these writers arent that good cause the sheer difference is astounding.

[@DEE-305]

@@mistein837 It has nothing to do with the books. The books had two Valyrian words. So basically this was the time when D&D cared about the show & weren't impatient to move on to Star wars.

[@shuhduvugup8425]

SSHSHSH I CANTT

[@AdiSharmaPiano]

What a smart guy, he literally created a language!

[@LeChaunce]

Multiple languages! For multiple shows and movies!

[@xXClawtoothXx]

2 languages!

[@szeth14]

~JRR has entered the Chat~

[@maxhydekyle2425]

@@szeth14 Haha that's not fair! Tolkien is the father of conlangs and probably had like 100 languages entirely mapped out.

[@juliánito59]

Tolkien did too, and he created Middle Earth so I guess that's a league up. Not that this guy isn't good.

[@DrBlueCow]

lol Danys one sentence in Valyrian to the slave master has more depth and thoughtfulness than the entirety of season 8

[@okMasq]

DrBlueCow 😂

[@fakesmile3430]

Your so right😂

[@BosshafterAccount]

!!!!

[@borismuller86]

The common denominator is GRRM...

[@aranielleb7718]

She did really great... 👍🏿

[@christianbh]

To anyone who has watched “The 100” TV show, he also wrote the grounder language called “Trigedasleng”

[@caitkinnamon7717]

DUUUUDE really?? Mad respect for this guy

[@dagheidr]

that’s dope

[@alterego1121]

He created Elders Speech for The Witcher too

[@vlelouch9003]

Wow grounder language 🙌🏻🙌🏻😚

[@swaralithakur6175]

NO WAYYY OMG that's epiccc

[@ashleyhansen6150]

I believe I saw a clip were Emilia said that when she was trying to learn these languages, she would remember them by making a song with them. I assume that is why she had such great rhythm in her sentences. She still blows me away with her dedication to this role. This guy was awesome also.

[@zeroc977]

He was speaking so passionately about these languages that I doubted several times if these were actually real languages created ages ago.

[@nitr0gen_shark]

So did I

[@steelbear2063]

@@fupta6449 Latin

[@fupta6449]

Steel Bear latin is real and exists? you mean dead languages. but that doesn’t make them unreal or non-existent lol

[@altulang]

@@fupta6449 latin is a dead languange?

[@urlovemyla]

@@altulang yep

[@maxhydekyle2425]

I love how this guy even has the history of how these languages changed and developed over centuries. That's absolutely amazing. Including local dialects, just amazing that he created this all.

[@ikeekieeki]

i wish the show used more of his worldbuilding, to be honest. he went beyond what was needed. you can see why he won the competition

[@booketoiles1600]

Not to diminish his job, it's awesome, but thinking the evolution of the tongue is most often part of creating a fictional language. I think it's part because the lore setting constraints helps the creative process, and part because language nerds are the biggest nerds you'll ever meet.

[@theory2480]

i dislike how he talks about the languages as if they have history

[@iPyroNigma]

Also, as languages evolve through time - they become simpler. Thus, it allows the fictional linguist to create a simple language (which is functional in your universe) and you may build upon it (and its complexity) by referencing the language's history.

[@maxhydekyle2425]

@@theory2480 Why? It's part of creating a language for a fantasy world because they do have history and it's almost always incredibly complicated history in fantasy.

[@alex5201341]

Valyrian sounds so good. Props for him creating it.

[@maxhydekyle2425]

I know right? It's such a beautiful language. It's like the Italian of the Thrones world. The only language that's proper for true poetry and music. At least high valaryian is, astapori valaryian sounds like ghetto valryian.

[@luf4rall]

@@maxhydekyle2425 sounds more arabic than italian

[@ErebosGR]

@@maxhydekyle2425 More like -Portuguese or Spanish- a mix of Romance and Slavic languages.

[@txmilxssi7803]

@@luf4rall it litteraly sounds nothing like Arabic lol

[@luf4rall]

@@txmilxssi7803 sorry was thinking of dothraki

[@margela3483]

Job resume: Fluent in -English -French -Valyrian

[@leon1779]

Mdr

[@aimeeecolins7854]

Léon what

[@assiamliem676]

Aimeee Colins « mdr » is the French « lmao »

[@aimeeecolins7854]

Bsksos SBssfcgg ok

[@thatb1h855]

ouais c vrai lol

[@chicquitos1499]

This really makes me respect Emilia Clarke as an actress. Her being able to speak MULTIPLE languages that do not exist and execute them perfectly whilst pulling off her scenes is beyond me. The scene in 08x06 when she’s giving a speech to the Dothraki and the Unsullied gave me chills. Her being able to interchange between 3 languages, Westerosi, Valyrian, and Dothraki shows how much talent she had. And the fact that she spoke all 3 FLUENTLY without pausing in 1 scene is ridiculous

[@yourlandladysson6395]

It's her job

[@virgoqueen8950]

@@yourlandladysson6395 EVERYONE DOES NOT DO THEIR JOB CORRECTLY

[@ralphm6901]

She in an interview that she had no idea what she was saying, that she was told what to say at the beginning of the scene. She didn't learn the languages to the extent she could carry on a conversation.

[@anafanini5406]

@@ralphm6901 wow! That makes is more difficult!

[@LalaLa-ze7kv]

Was there westerosi language?😮

[@spinakker14]

I can't get over the fact that he talks about mispronunciation and using word variants that no one else besides him understands. I'm amazed that he treats these languages as real, spoken languages with real history behind them

[@glendarjj3991]

Ah the detail and effort game of thrones *used* to have in its world building

[@lunakoala5053]

@@glendarjj3991 You can basically sum of thrones by: Everybody did a great job and cared a lot, except the writers/show runners.

[@adamg.5525]

If I made my own language, I'd definitely make sure people get it right lmao

[@x0xTHLover4Lifex0x]

It's as real as any other arbitrary human language. Learn it correctly or don't.

[@yohanespaskal9352]

Fake it until u make it lol he made fake language till it became cultural phenomenon

[@tashasolomon8915]

As someone who studied Linguistics, this makes my day

[@TeddyBear-sf2pk]

Tasha Solomon what’s it like to study? I love languages and I’m passionate about learning. Been wanting to create some for my fantasy worlds but I don’t know much about it.

[@kengillespie7797]

Tasha Solomon I'm thinking about majoring in linguistics, do you think it was worth studying, in your opinion?

[@cotijapatitas]

Teddy Bear Tasha Yes!! Im currently an undergrad and I love it!! It helps understand other language structures and makes it easier to learn because language has specific patterns and rules for irregular verbs. I personally love it and many linguists are polyglot. Ive studied over 5 languages and I wish to learn more. The only downside to the degree, if you live in the states, is there isnt much of a market for linguists unless you plan to become a teacher/professor, translator, interpreter. Most other jobs like editing, copywriting, or journalism require you have an english, marketing or journalism degree. So having a second degree to back your first would help tremendously.

[@gayeponine3223]

Same!!

[@soulfulmay]

@@cotijapatitas omg! that's so cool! I'm currently studying linguistics and literature (in my country those careers are one degree not two unless you want a major or doctorate) and I want to be a translator/interpreter but I don't know how. Do you how can I become one?

[@MovieHypeSA]

You guys need to invite him back so he can go in-depth on Grey Worm. I really wanted to know more about that.

[@FreakieFan]

I've heard directors of GoT episodes say the same thing about Jacob Anderson and his ability to talk in the fictional languages of GoT

[@maxhydekyle2425]

@@FreakieFan It's cause he's a rapper.

[@rabiosas6473]

IKR i really wanted to hear what he had to say about him!!

[@princeapoopoo5787]

Jacob Anderson is the GOAT. He's a talented musician, a funny guy, great actor and can pick up a fake second language flawlessly?

[@maxhydekyle2425]

@@princeapoopoo5787 Second and third

[@architius]

I have a french exam tomorrow and I'm sitting here watching a guy speak a made-up language, just kill me

[@Chinstrap-w7m]

I hope you got bad grades

[@razr-x9666]

Rodrigo F.N it’s been a year bruh

[@esk1031]

Lol

[@hardikmhatre8489]

I Hope you passed.

[@sounakbanik3087]

Well technically all languages are made up

[@boboblueblue2]

You can see that he’s really passionate about the languages he created! He really wants to be informed and included in anything that involves them lol.

[@jmercieca1126]

the people who aren't pronouncing right sound like voice actors for the sims

[@pedroalitovar6624]

J Mercieca It's truth 7:15- 7:30 XDXDXD

[@ezgikaykan6331]

SO TRUE LOL

[@elliesart_]

Yes

[@strange-scorpion]

What is valyrian for "felt cute burnt kings landing" ?

[@ocandro]

strange scorpion drogonae bharbaeque

[@bulletsfordinner8307]

@@ocandro 🤣

[@nienkevancaillie1232]

@@ocandro for tho

[@grahamdelacey5779]

DRACARYS MYASSOFF

[@heavyblueee]

felt cute zālagon dārys tegorīr

[@juliánito59]

I speak the common tongue, I guess that's pretty good?

[@khazms]

Well, depends. The common tongue uses non-american accents.

[@mrsentencename7334]

KingZ they are a variety of British accents

[@juliánito59]

@@khazms If you look closely enough you'll notice Westeros is just Britain flipped 180°. Besides, I'm not American anyway so yay?

[@kaggapu]

Ich auch, du ☺

[@wookietreiber7971]

I speak two versions of the common tongue

[@cynthiaborges2471]

7:48 as a native Spanish speaker I was nodding my head like "yeah, he's right""... In this part

[@liquidorion9250]

Had the awesome opportunity to attend a lecture he gave, it is actually incredible how passionate he is about linguistics and all the thought that went into Dothraki and all the other languages he created for GoT.

[@LB-on1qh]

This guy would have probably written a more in-depth season 8, then the entire actual writing team of season 8....LMFAO

[@ikeekieeki]

100%

[@zombiegun71]

The entire writing team is Dave and Dan. Which is why it sucks

[@jazminyamilachamorropineda7566]

Wait until you se the final episode

[@LB-on1qh]

​@@jazminyamilachamorropineda7566 Just saw it and let me just say that I feel robbed of the years I spent watching this show.

[@jazminyamilachamorropineda7566]

Lamiek_1 they really just fuckup the 2 last seasons. The ending makes absolutely no sense.

[@gus_viei]

High Valyrian rocks. I always wondered why Emilia pronounced "iksos" as "iskos" and I love that without knowing, she got it right in Astapori Valyrian.

[@loueneu]

although the whole Iskos-Iksos inversion in Astaporian seems very much apocryphal. I mean, the dude invented the language, so I guess he is allowed to make things up on the spot!

[@gus_viei]

Lou Ayneux if he inveted it on spot then props to him, because he even gave it a backstory as to why Emilia’s mistake made sense. Loved it. 😂

[@krautgazer]

Yeah, honestly, even if it is retconned, I don't mind. It only shows extreme creativity when it's done properly like this.

[@anttihelin6820]

And anyway this kind of skks switch happens in real languages so I'll allow it.

[@oshash3183]

@@anttihelin6820 some americans pronounce ask as aks .. i aksed 😅

[@Chris1this]

If only they put this much effort into making the final season good

[@HunterG5]

Cinyx GP Right

[@DMCEagles05]

@@HunterG5 The show is perfectly fine now. S7 sucked

[@PoxyBear]

Then stop watching it FFS.

[@isham2044]

Its impossible to finish a show like GoT in 1 season with 6 episodes, especially when it just started getting more interesting when 1 of the main characters just landed herself in the playzone. D&D just didnt wanted to properly finish what they started and im extremely dissapointed but ill probably happy once this destruction of a once beloved show ends

[@TheSuperNats]

DMCEagles05 “perfectly fine” that’s why they’re fine churning out mediocrity😭😭

[@ramenseller]

_Me trying to speak Valarian_ My tongue : *_and I oop-_*

[@SettingMind]

How do i say "season 8 sucks" in high valyrian

[@russianbear7832]

Setting Mind Jeda jenqa iksos quba.

[@aestheticno7]

Dracarys

[@neo8840]

Da kawragi kan uryan na season ning show na kadi!!!!!

[@antoineppp4377]

Lol

[@crisnebria]

Baho kag nawong

[@brandonteague7605]

Am I tripping or does this guy have normal fingers for thumbs??

[@Eskii_NZL]

Hahaha this comment made me laugh way too hard, he has hella long thumbs 🤣

[@rubyrea3236]

Annnnnd the rest of the video I'm staring at his freaky thumbs fml

[@LS-du7ot]

Longest thumbs I’ve ever seen 😳

[@quiroz7767]

Lmao

[@thrill102]

Can we try to be nice to people? It’s really not necessary to make fun of people’s thumbs or any other parts of their body.

[@micaelaroyo4837]

"Okay, now im gonna hear you guys speak Dothraki to Jason Mamoa" *fan and Jason speaking to like no volume to the point where all you hear is static* 12:35 "I definitely liked the energy"

[@carlanthony3433]

SAME

[@brunobucciarati834]

Oh you have to listen that with headphones

[@engagementengagement8836]

Wear headphones

[@iikaedenii]

i think he's the only guy who has more knowledge in the history of the languages of GOT world than GRRM GRRM created 2 sentences and this guy knows the history of how language changed, its mind blowing

[@Timurv1234]

Yes, Grey Worm speaks it like its his native language. He really accepted it deeply!

[@annakulbashny4941]

I can tell he’s super protective over his language... but also this is so interesting!

[@-.._.-_...-_.._-..__..._.-.-.-]

That was the best impression of a gringo I have ever heard.

[@LauM]

omg, yes

[@kw7378a1]

Don’t feel bad! We all wish the Dothraki got more screen time.

[@AnnoyingAsianWitch]

They did! They came back to get fried in King's Landing 🤣🤣🤣

[@IAmTheDawn]

No we don't. F. Off.

[@spinakker14]

Please invite him back where he talks about the scene where Melisandre is chanting that spell! That was so mystical it gave me goosebumps

[@cameliia_]

Are you talking about John's resurrection? as far as I am concerned, in one of the interviews the actress said that she forgot her sentences and promptly made up sounds by herself So it's technically not Valyrian(

[@robkrauss]

Hey! I didn’t hear about this until just now, i played George in the Dothraki Seinfeld episode at 14:57. Here’s a link to the whole video kzbin.info/www/bejne/iXrQfnyVhZt2e68

[@lioness9271]

I could be learning Japanese, I could be strengthening my Spanish or studying German but as a game of thrones fan and house of the dragon fan I can’t resist learning high Valyrian, so I shall follow this path 😌

[@Lay-Man]

I hadn't watched GOT but I started learning High Valyrian. Now I'm watching little by little.

[@galaxydeathskrill5607]

i could be building on my missed spanish grammer(thanks high school..) and conjugation but as an elf-friend I decided Sindarin, Telerin and Quenya to be my fate

[@jatilq]

Second time I've heard that the actor who plays Grey Worm is the best at this, yet he was not used as an example in this video?

[@trishabidesi9426]

Grey Worm truly does sound natural in Valaryian.

[@borismuller86]

His natural accent is crazy strong too. Very normal English but a strong accent.

[@jennocontreras623]

Yasss that is true! Emilia's Valyrian sounds, slightly unnatural and forced at times, hehe sorry just an opinion 😁

[@bigvirgonrg]

Jenno Contreras hers sounds the best to me! it just rolls off of her tongue

[@bugrilyus]

@@jennocontreras623 Especially when saying "dracarys" in later seasons without the thrilled "R" s

[@couldntchooseausername9360]

Lmfao Job description: *prefers to be bi-lingual Me: *speak english and high valyrian

[@Milfuelle100]

couldnt choose a username my cousin’s job is to hire people for this company. Her only job is to review resumes and do interviews and then send the finalists to someone else. She’s seen a few resumes with fictional languages under skills. For other reasons she never approved the resumes but she thought it was pretty cool.

[@annieskye7519]

Every time Daenerys said "Dracarys" without the "trilled r" I was kinda sad since I enjoyed Emilia's performance of the first time sooo much

[@HavanaSyndrome69]

At around@3:00 when you talk about her accidentally using the S in the wrong place and it was fortuitous that because the regional dialect happens to do the same thing. What's cool about the way you made the language dialect for that region is that that's how regional dialect end up working anyway. It's what "feeeeeels" like the right thing to say basically so it came out natural the way it would in real life! Neat! :]

[@mambojambo4874]

"Thrill those R's, I know it's hard for americans..." *[Laughs in south Brazilian Portuguese]*

[@godlygamer911]

love that chick being so confident and failing so hard speaking to Jason

[@jadog881]

They should have had this guy write the show, with the amount of detail he focuses on it would have been better than D&D

[@afrosymphony8207]

ohh stfu. The pressure will probably crack him like an egg. you think "detail" is the only thing u need to create a good show. even david fincher has admitted he wouldnt want to make a marvel superhero thing like avengers cause he doesnt like the presure does kinda jobs brings with it.

[@elvibora3965]

😂😂😂

[@jadog881]

Yea and it was announced that they are doing the next star wars trilogy, so they most likely rushed this, to be able to do that

[@BlushGush]

For SURE

[@bugrilyus]

I hate it when Emilia says "dracarys" without thrilled "R" s! Especially in later seasons.

[@OizysA]

bugrilyus omfg right

[@markusaskeland8797]

Right??!!

[@bubbamike4743]

That’s what was missing! I always wondered why it had such less of an impact

[@sirbjergsen308]

right?

[@Jess-yo9rt]

ME TOO THANK YOU

[@katrina639]

back here after rhaenyra meets vermithor and tells him to serve which sounds like the command version of "dohaeris" 00:31

[@d98lo]

I’m a gigantic Game of Thrones fan, & this video makes me love it a hundred times more! He invented a beautiful language, & his passion is well proven! I’m so beyond impressed

[@samhilton4173]

7:00 that woman has never seen the show, and probably never even heard a single foreign language, if that was honestly her best attempt.

[@joshboston2323]

Sam Hilton-yeah absolutely insane. Pronouncing everything as if they are English words. You would say that if she has seen game of thrones, she could’ve altered that.

[@ChronicRen]

Would love to see her try to speak Japanese lol

[@joshboston2323]

TheGhost-yeah clearly hahah

[@pinch69]

It's like a sim talking

[@skelaiton]

Bruh you made me get a add

[@gapatrici]

As a native spanish speaker, I think High Valyrian might be easy to pronounce.

[@ishmamahmed9306]

High Valyrian for Spanish speakers should become a Duolingo course

[@adge5182]

Muy cierto

[@myfeelshurt]

@@ishmamahmed9306 well kudos for seeing the future. It is

[@denebcygnus9129]

Siento que sería más fácil para serbios, croatas, por esos rumbos.

[@mastermadii]

@@ishmamahmed9306 It is currently a course on Duolingo.

[@monkeysensei5128]

The only dracerys that sounded badass was when she spoke it with that valeryian accent.

[@jexotic1470]

She should have done them all like that ):

[@markusaskeland8797]

Omg right?? Thats when she ”r” in the right way

[@nileverdeen3797]

All anything before season 7 was great imo

[@niinnaluiza5094]

It's really crazy to realize that he is perfectly fluent on a language that doesn't even exist. He's probably the one who "speaks like a native"

[@DavidBrocekArt]

Actros: makes mistake by accident. David J. Peterson: "It was actually thousands of years of language development, after the Doom of Valyria took place....."

[@aneikierowe6679]

This blows my mind the fact that he created two new languages for a mythical show. I applaud you.

[@KateeAngel]

Follower in the steps of Tolkien

[@4W0RD5]

Before they spelled it out I thought he said "The BEATLES will feast on your lungs". Like, "Okay, random" lol

[@confusedsquirrel]

I thought the same thing. Glad I'm not the only one

[@itishmh8526]

Me too 😂😂😂

[@thegiantratthatmakesalloft1613]

Paul McCartney will devour you

[@that.guy619]

So basically he just made up 2 languages.

[@starrystudy00]

what else u gonna do :l

[@juliánito59]

And there's actual people learning them on language apps

[@that.guy619]

Julian Sen people must really have a lot of Time

[@alexman378]

He says he even creates languages in his spare time when he’s bored, he’s probably created a good amount of them.

[@ikeekieeki]

this is his job, but he got it by having it as a hobby for years and years

[@alyjahflakes]

I’d love to hear what he thinks of Ranerys’ and Damon’s high valerian

[@albuszx]

It'd be lovely to have him again to talk about the changes in the High Valyrian spoken in HotD!

[@soufian2733]

VANITY FAIR!!!!!!! WE LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!! Please make a video with Ramin Djawadi next

[@ninazada]

agreed, another great genius in the series!

[@ss11111ss]

i like this guy he is nice not like the other douchey language experts we've seen before

[@MichaelGazin]

omg I can't stand the "accent" guy they have with a passion! Dude thinks he's the star rather than Brad Pitt who's in the clip right next to his face.

[@gal69lag]

@OIFMeDiC89 Nils how nice did you need him to be? I thought he was awesome

[@tord2354]

@OIFMeDiC89 Nils He just didn't like people making a mockery out of something he spent a looooong time creating innit.

[@52hello25]

@OIFMeDiC89 Nils Just because you're not smart enough to understand him doesn't mean he's pretentious.

[@christianbh]

I love how much he seems to love the languages he has built.

[@Ganychan]

Coming here after watching Interview with the Vampire is awesome because he praises Jacob Anderson who's just an incredible actor. Glad he got to be a lead after being on GOT.

[@SPANISHANIMEFREAK]

“That’s it, that’s the sound” - true enthusiasm

[@blueskybelyr]

He's so chill and nice and obviously a genius lol

[@MrCheesyPerson]

this guy just wants to bro down with people and get invited to parties haha i love him

[@alialmuhanna4938]

Was it just me or did anyone else have trouble with the sound of the clip with the woman speaking to Jason Mamoa in Dothraki ?

[@TheResidentPsycho]

I never heard anything on that part, it kinda sounded like it was muted out with some static

[@Arilostie]

Same

[@haganeelric98]

Same here

[@DayandNight24]

John Doe no I didn’t

[@Maryninka]

Try again with earphones/headphones. At first I didn't heard anything either, but when I tried again with earphones on it worked fine c:

[@the_bna5395]

I love how this man put a value for language he created

[@SolipsismRocksMySock]

As a little language nerd I loved this! Fun fact, the y in high valerian is the same as the Norwegian y. Also hard for native English speakers.

[@EmilyScialabba]

I am so annoyed that the second Dothraki clip is completely cut off. It just sounds like white noise; we can’t hear her at all. :(

[@maxhydekyle2425]

Oh good I thought it was my phone messing up.

[@Edward-W]

Strange. I have no problem hearing her

[@Cubbieblue26]

Same thing happened to me. The right headphone is white noise, the left and very soft speech. Put them together and you can hear it perfectly.

[@Philafxs]

Only on devices with a single speaker. The left and right channel are 180 degrees out of phase, meaning they cancel each other out. If you use earphones, headphones or any device with two speakers so that the left and right audio channels are not combined, you will hear it just fine.

[@EmilyScialabba]

@@Philafxs Yes, it works perfectly fine with my laptop. :D Thanks for the heads up!

[@indranemty]

I wish Dothraki was on Duolingo too. I'm having a hard time with High Valyrian whereas Dothraki comes naturally to me

[@urmum7461]

Indra Nemty cool

[@ZK2001-n1f]

This guy is a genius don’t get me wrong but his hair cracks me up😂😂

[@khazms]

I quite like the hair. Although, it's not a common hairstyle in America. It is in European and Asian countries though.

[@FabiJenneke]

@@khazms I'm European and I can tell you that this hairstyle is not typical for Europeans lol.

[@khazms]

@@FabiJenneke Europe has many countries, it's a literal continent. You can't possibly speak for all Europeans. I've seen the hairstyle common in some European countries. That said, I'll take your word for it. I'm just saying, I've seen it more common in Europe and Asia than America.

[@plastic_cleopatra]

genius people don't care what they look like

[@pkdph8433]

For me it's his thumbs lol

[@cocowhite2854]

We need an updated version of this with HOTD

[@emilybrown3610]

just came back to this after the more extensive+casual use of Valyrian in HotD - Millie’s “Dracarys” is perfect AND the difference with the 150+ year old accent compared to time setting in GoT is felt and appreciated… the lil details make a show which is why HotD is amazing. Thanks GRRM!!!

[@babyshark154]

he does have a spin off ... it’s called AQUAMAN

[@Zack-bl1cw]

He went to the same highschool as me and was a guest speaker for my German class

[@nne3196]

I believe him

[@backpfeifengesicht8415]

Is he German? Why was he there?

[@Zack-bl1cw]

@@backpfeifengesicht8415 because he went to my school and took German?

[@Zack-bl1cw]

@VanderbiltQuinn it happened when I was a sophomore

[@backpfeifengesicht8415]

@@Zack-bl1cw haha I thought he was there as a guest :D

[@aurora_skies_]

This man is a genius but someone please tell him to part his hair a different way...

[@chebon8493]

Hahahahhahaa

[@BIGshippyy]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@w.bi11y]

He came up with Dracarys. He can do what he wants

[@jaclbrown27]

Eccentric people have a habit of parting their hair that way, I'm guilty too. It looks bad but feels right! lmao😂 Good Day

[@Indrea13]

@@w.bi11y Actually George came up with dracarys, but you're right😂

[@CaitlinH555]

The linguistic explanations and layers of meaning created are just delightful. What a great video.

[@Daniella040]

I speak fluent Swedish, English and Spanish, now learning Korean and High Valyrian 😅🔥

[@BrickMoosie]

Everyone in the comments: "Wow, this guy invented an entire language, he must be Albert Einstein" J.R.R. Tolkien: "Am I a joke to you?" Edit: For those unaware, Tolkien (writer of Lord of The Rings/Hobbit fame) invented his first language at the age of 13 and went on to make around 20 languages in total that he then used for his books (he made the languages first). They included 15 seperate Elvish languages, a language of the Ents (tree people), Orcish, a language of Men, the language of the Hobbits, and of course Dwarvish, which even had its own form of sign language since the forges and mines the dwarves worked in were too loud to communicate verbally. Two of these languages, Quenya and Sindarin, are considered funtional and can easily be used conversationally, though they lack niche words. It seems like this guy is making up certain things as he goes along and I doubt Dothraki and Valyrian are anywhere near as fleshed out as Quenya and Sindarin. So with all do respect, this guy can hold Tolkien's beer.

[@jemts5586]

Yeah people forgot about him! But when LOTR was out and in the limelight, there were tons of people talking about the languages.

[@jessiegraves7764]

Elvish is the OG.

[@hide904]

Elvish was what all the coolest RPers had to learn back in my roleplaying days on forums and places like IMVU. But as far as linguistics go (I studied it during my electives) seem factitious with his explanations.

[@novvain495]

Not only Tolkien (he did a GREAT job and basically started the Conlanging) but many people have it as a hobby. I have made only one good one, but that doesn't mean I am Einstein. And there is a bog conlang community as well. I don't want to make High Valyrian seem bad, it is really good. It is just that I am upsetten when people praise one person for making a conlang. It is not that hard people.

[@yung_pinnekjtt9957]

It's not a competition

[@derpyguyness3199]

This is good. I wish I spoke this language. If only it was useful in life.

[@jaydattchampavat6387]

Like klingon?

[@derpyguyness3199]

I mean 😏 yea I guess. 😆

[@maxhydekyle2425]

@@jaydattchampavat6387 You can actually read stuff in Klingon though and take classes for it.

[@rexdenver9668]

It will get you all the girls bro.

[@kojayeoja]

Something doesn't need to be "useful" to be worth learning or enjoying. Don't let capitalism ruin your life lol

[@thorkagemob1297]

This dude is incredible and stuff like this is literally hard for me to comprehend how people can do this. Crazy. What a genius

[@anveshatripathi7034]

i need him to come back for a video but this time for House of the Dragon and its multiple valyrian dialogues

[@catthebeautyhunter]

I love him and can't imagine how intelligent he must be to create languages. Blown away.

[@ChaosCryptidd]

Did anyone else have an audio issue when the fan is speaking dothraki to Jason Mamoa?

[@ShadaDX]

i did! wonder why that is..

[@_homewardbound_4149]

It works with my headphones, but not without, and I have no idea why

[@ThatBlackPiano]

I like when the woman was trying to speak to Jason in Dothraki he was not above correcting her mistakes though she was clearly proud of herself in the video. 🤓

[@Nagutama]

Jajajaja those people really spoke valiryan like some english speakers speak spanish 😄😭 use your Rrrrrrrrrrr

[@27poker]

It's like Braking Bad scenes in spanish all over again.

[@danielrabelais1905]

@@27poker Now you made me remember Gus Fring's horrible Spanish. As a native speaker I appreciated the effort, but God, where they atrocious

[@krautgazer]

I like his recommendation of Red Hot Chili Peppers - Give it Away for people to practice the pronunciation. I've never even thought of that.

[@lauraeblanco]

I speak Portuguese. Never learned how to do that Rrrrrr.

[@katiekurke]

27 poker not all of us can roll our r’s😔

[@herozayn9133]

No but how his face instantly lights up when Daenerys showed up ,he was SO proud of her 🥹

[@Timurv1234]

if I could be anything in life, I'd be this guy. I absolutely love languages and I love studying lingustics, but this guy took it three thousand levels above everyone else.

[@pb7199]

valyrian and dothraki and two of the best conlangs i've ever seen, as a linguist i have so much respect for David

[@omaroba1490]

I dont really even have anything new to add. Really impressed how they come up with this languages and make them sound cool and they arent annoying like the way star trek Discovery does it. 2 thumbs up.

[@ikeekieeki]

i am so glad David is getting some of the recognition he deserves. fonas chek!

[@keifer7813]

Man's rolling them R's like his life depended on them

[@KarlaRei]

1:01 That scene still gives me goosebumps. Just an all-around spectacular scene.

[@LAMarshall]

I heard that "iskos" mistake too. It's so cool that it technically works in universe for Astapori Valyrian though! :D

[@Safinitzine]

Is he teaching? I'll pay for that!

[@scottallison8896]

He is a very intelligent man, but his languages won't live past 2035, or maybe even 2028 because of Season 8.

[@santirulez]

@@scottallison8896 Doesn't really answer the question...

[@Gilgamesch1994]

@@scottallison8896 nah, i dont think Season 8 would damage the languages! :)

[@scottallison8896]

@@santirulez I gave a reason not to learn them.

[@santirulez]

@@scottallison8896 still doesn't answer the question lol

[@KelseyODonnell17]

He was on the Daily Show once talking about how he expanded these languages and he was so amazing I went out and bought his book.

[@bonyfisch]

Book name

[@amiratemari5027]

I think dothraki will be easy to learn if you speak Arabic cuz there's some sounds that exist in Arabic for example the "kh" sound which is the alphabet "خ"

[@jamjar4989]

This is amazing, all the production surrounding this show is just incredible.