David J. Peterson, the language creator for HBO's Game of Thrones, explains how to go about creating a fictional language. David breaks down how he constructed the Dothraki and Valyrian languages, and ...

David Peterson, a UC Berkeley grad who notably went on to create two languages for the HBO hit show, "Game of Thrones," will put his skills to use in an academic setting by teaching a three-unit ...

David J. Peterson created two complete languages for Game of Thrones based on only a few lines of dialogue in the books. Watch as David reviews people on the attempting to speak Dothraki and High ...

When David J. Peterson was an undergraduate student at UC Berkeley, he saw a flier advertising an Esperanto class. It was the first time he’d heard of such a thing as an invented language, but it ...

Can you pronounce “valar morghulis” or “yer shekh ma shieraki anni”? If you can say these phrases from HBO’s “Game of Thrones” or can at least imagine how they should sound from hearing them on the ...

In this one-hour activity, students gain an understanding of the nature of human communication and foster a scientific view on languages. Through class activities, games, reading, and analysis, ...