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September 14, 2021 23 mins

David J. Peterson has constructed entire languages for TV shows and movies such as Thor: The Dark World, The Witcher, Doctor Strange, The 100 and of course Game Of Thrones. 

So how did Dwight Schrute from the TV show The Office help write a little Dothraki? What do Australian Eshays have to do with ancient Latin? Who are the best and worst actors at speaking Dothraki and Valyrian, and how on earth do you go about building an entire language?

Find David here: https://dedalvs.com/

And here: https://artoflanguageinvention.com/

Say hello to me!: https://www.instagram.com/erica_mallett/?hl=en

 

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