Peterson approached the creation process anthropologically, taking into account the history, geography and culture of the people who spoke it. He threw himself into the task and created a blueprint of the Dothraki language complete with functional grammar and nearly 2,000 words. Peterson, the linguist and co-founder of the Language Creation Society. Instead, HBO and the Language Creation Society, which specializes in the creation of constructed languages, decided to hold a contest to determine which of its members would develop the Dothraki language. Luckily, executive producers David Benioff and Daniel Brett Weiss decided not to have the actors speak heavily accented English, nor have the actors speak gibberish made to sound foreign.
FOREGIN LANGUAGE SUBTITLES FOR GAME OF THRONES TV
So Game of Thrones TV writers faced the problem of writing dialogue in languages that didn’t exist yet. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire and the following books, he regularly mentions that people speak different languages - but, save a few words for effect, the dialogue is actually written in English. Why Create Languages For Game Of Thrones?
Game of Thrones has gone to great lengths to create a world with dynamic people who exist in the context of their cultures - and an essential part of culture is language. After the compelling plot, nail-biting action, and everybody’s-fair-game attitude towards characters, the show is famous for its attention to details.
The eighth and final season of Game of Thrones is premiering this April 14th on HBO.
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