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'Game of Thrones' withdrawals? Learn to speak Dothraki
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Oct 28, 2014
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'Game of Thrones' withdrawals? Learn to speak Dothraki
One way to kill the time until the new season starts is learn to speak Dothraki. Creator David Peterson talks about the language of the nomadic, warrior people who strike fear into anyone they come across.
Scene from HBO's Game of Thrones. Khal Drogo, (played by Jason Mamoa) the leader of a band of Dothraki warriors, gives a gift to his future bride.
Scene from HBO's Game of Thrones. Khal Drogo, (played by Jason Mamoa) the leader of a band of Dothraki warriors, gives a gift to his future bride.
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One way to kill the time until the new season starts is learn to speak Dothraki. Creator David Peterson talks about the language of the nomadic, warrior people who strike fear into anyone they come across.

"Game of Thrones" fans have a long time to wait until the next season - it won't premiere until spring of next year. 

But a new volume of the story that the show is based on has arrived. Today fans of the show can buy writer George RR Martin's new book, "The World of Ice & Fire," an illustrated history of the show's back-story.

But there's another way you could kill the time until the new season starts--learn to speak Dothraki. 

For people unfamiliar with the story - Dothraki are a nomadic, warrior people who strike fear into anyone they come across.

In the "Game of Thrones" story one of the greatest Dothraki leaders, who are referred to as khals, was Khal Drogo, who is married to the principal heroine in the series, Daenerys Targaryen. Here is a clip of the show where actor Jason Mamoa, who plays Khal Drogo, speaks of war in the Dothraki language. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyqKWROjrq4

And actress Emilia Clarke shares her experience learning the fictional Dothraki language for the show. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAmO5kNI79k

Alex Cohen learned more about the Dothraki language with the creator, David Peterson. 

https://soundcloud.com/wired/sets/useful-dothraki-phrases