The Mother Of Dragons Speaks The Language Of Gods! And These 7 Facts Prove It

by N/A, 10 years ago | 1 min read

Here's everything you've ever wanted to know about Khalessi's mother tongue.

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1. Daenerys speaks both high and low Valyrian.

Since she grew up in an elite family Daenerys speaks High Valyrian, but she also speaks Low Valyrian during a scene with slave-master Kraznys when he thinks she doesn't know what he's saying.Â

2. It's a family of languages.

Valyrian is comparable to Latin the that sense. Old Valyria is an ancient civilization that no longer exists in the GOT world and High Valyrian was the language spoken by the elite. Low Valyrian is thought of as comparable to the romance languages. It's a dialect with different vowel sounds and word order.Â

3. It's used in a very special tattoo.

A fan asked language creator, David Peterson to translate the phrase, "To Boldly Go Where No Man Has Gone Before" for a tattoo she was thinking about getting.Â

4. The first word in Valyrian that was made public was "Thank You."

The word "kirimvose" is the Valyrian word for "thank you." Language creator David Peterson released it after pressure from the fans. He created the word because there was no Dothraki equivalent.Â

5. The man who created the language created a work named after his cat.

Peterson created the Valyrian world "cat," which is "kelli" and it's named after his cat.Â

6. There are four grammatical genders in the language.

In most languages, nouns are considered either masculine or feminine. In High Valyrian, nouns are classified as lunar, aquatic, solar or terrestrial.Â

7. Fans write poetry in Valyrian.

Dedicated Game of Thrones language fans have studied the Valyrian grammar and written poems. There is also a High Valyrian Haiku Competition which was created by fans. This was the winning poem.Â

GÄ“lenkon/Like silver

EmbÄr glaeson/A life in the sea

DÅnon ynot/Would be sweet for me.