Do you speak Dothraki? US linguist couple creates fantasy languages for film


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Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen on 'Game of Thrones.' Photo: HBO

From Dothraki and Valyrian in Game Of Thrones to the Chakobsa desert tongue in Dune, American couple David and Jessie Peterson have devised numerous imaginary languages – apparently the only two people in the world who earn a living concocting fantasy grammar and vocabulary for film characters.

Immortal lines from the Game Of Thrones scripts such as: "You are my last hope, blood of my blood," plunge viewers deeper into the series' fantastical world when uttered in the original Dothraki: "Yer athzalar nakhoki anni, zhey qoy qoyi."

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