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[Aedan Stormrage]

Adar, on 26 October 2012 - 02:01 PM, said:

I believe that Mirri Maz Duur was singing in the language of Asshai.

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There are more languages that must be created. I'm most looking forward to hearing what Braavosi sounds like because Jaqen and Syrio don't seem to have the same accent.

Well, but once David creates High Valyrian we will have all its daughter languages, so I think they'll all be created at the same time!

[voodooqueen126]

The Anti-Targ, on 24 May 2012 - 01:53 AM, said:

Not sure lifeless delivery in High Valyrian would be much of an improvement.

Hopefully at least the folks at Slaver's Bay speak High Valyrian.

Exactly.
High Valyrian is an obvious expy of Latin, with a few elements of Greek and generic elf language.
Have the Pentoshi's speak Italian, the Myrish and Tyroshi speak Sicilian... voila you have your languages.

[Aedan Stormrage]

voodooqueen126, on 30 October 2012 - 12:39 AM, said:

Exactly.
High Valyrian is an obvious expy of Latin, with a few elements of Greek and generic elf language.
Have the Pentoshi's speak Italian, the Myrish and Tyroshi speak Sicilian... voila you have your languages.

That would be quite lame, seeing that Martin never tried to use any of these languages to replace the various valyrian bastards.

[Adar]

So what words do we already know in High Valyrian?

dracarys - dragonfire
valar morghulis - all men must die

It sounds like a mix of Latin and Greek so far. I wonder if David Peterson will come up with a phonetic transcription system to go along with the words. I can't wait to get a High Valyrian tattoo.

ETA:
valonqar - little brother
valar dohaeris - all men must serve

Edited by Adar, 31 October 2012 - 04:29 PM.

[callmedodge]

I`ve definitely seen a thread somewhere that discussion High Valyrian in more detail and tries to break down certain meanings and possible conjugations from the words we have. Can`t  remember where I saw it though, it was a good few months ago.

I`m actually not hugely bothered by whether or not they make the bastard versions of Valyrian - like any of us would notice a difference - but I hope they definitely introduce HV. Is there any official or unofficial, actually, word on this? Tweets from actors, slipped comments, patent applications?

[boojam]

callmedodge, on 01 November 2012 - 02:38 AM, said:

I`ve definitely seen a thread somewhere that discussion High Valyrian in more detail and tries to break down certain meanings and possible conjugations from the words we have. Can`t  remember where I saw it though, it was a good few months ago.

I`m actually not hugely bothered by whether or not they make the bastard versions of Valyrian - like any of us would notice a difference - but I hope they definitely introduce HV. Is there any official or unofficial, actually, word on this? Tweets from actors, slipped comments, patent applications?

We have had several confirmations ,even, from the moderators.
We have the , surprising!,  CNN special , ... that was months ago, where D&D expressed strongly they wanted HV.
The casting of Nathalie Emmanuel as Missandei seems to clinch it. (In fact it  looks as if those scenes from SoS with Missandei as the translator were being shot a few weeks ago.)
David Peterson even gave a hint he was doing it, but then clammed up for the last many months. (He surely has to concentrate on the work.)
Plus leaks from here and there , so would say it's almost dead sure it will appear in season 3. I wonder how they will do it tho, they always , sort of, minimized the spoken Dothraki. My impression is that HV is more sophisticated language with a much larger vocabulary and syntax.
If I had any ability in this kind of thing it sounds like a ton of fun to work on it.

[Aedan Stormrage]

I did have my own version of what High Valyrian could look like

[Leo de Salto]

I thougth The Others speak in the Old Tonge.

[KingAlanI]

Tywin, on 27 April 2011 - 04:04 PM, said:

I believe that when one throws the head towards Will he's saying "your mother was a hamster and your father smelled of elderberries".

That's a Monty Python reference - is that you joking around or creators of the show joking around?

[Aedan Stormrage]

Aedan Stormrage, on 09 July 2012 - 08:26 PM, said:

Well not only High Valyrian, but you should develop the different lesser valyrian languages spoken all throughout. Each free city has its own version as different European nations had different romances. I think David will be able to handle this quite well, he even developed a Proto-Dothraki to make his complete Dothraki, so that he could work different dothraki dialects if needed.

I would imagine he'll do the same with High Valyrian and its descendants.

About this, check it out:
From David Peterson's twitter account: "Just heard my first bit of Astapori Valyrian. Extraordinarily pleased.

So he referred to it as "Astapori Valyrian", hinting that in fact there will be different kinds of Valyrian!! I think this partly confirms my theory about him developing different dialects. As I said, this was to be expected judging by his work with Dothraki.

Edited by Aedan Stormrage, 18 March 2013 - 11:24 PM.

[MIGR]

Maybe the language created for the White Walkers was used in the unaired version of the first episode, and was changed when they did a reshoot...