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"The best is Jacob Anderson," Peterson told
Reuters. "He plays Grey Worm on 'Game of Thrones' and he's so
good, he's so good. He is head and shoulders better than me."
"When I heard him the first time speak the Valyrian language I
just said, 'wow.' I went back and re-watched it," he said.
Peterson, a co-founder of the Language Creation Society, started
off by building on a few keys words and phrases created by
George R.R. Martin in his "A Song of Ice and Fire" novels that
form the basis of the HBO hit medieval fantasy series about
warring families.
"I didn't reference any other languages. After I included all of
(Martin's) material I built it up in a way that I thought book
readers and George R.R. Martin himself would expect and
appreciate."
When Peterson got the scripts for the TV show, producers tagged
all the lines he had to translate into Valyrian or Dothraki.
He then broke up the language syllable by syllable for the
actors, and recorded it for them.
"I record really slow so they can hear exactly how it's
pronounced, and then I record the English for reference,"
Peterson said.
Although the final season of "Game of Thrones" starts on Sunday,
the languages will go on living.
Peterson has developed a course on the Duolingo foreign language
app where fans can learn to speak Dothraki and Valyrian for
free. According to the Duolingo app, there are currently over
800,000 active Valyrian learners - more than those learning
Norwegian or Hindi.
"I also do all the recordings so that's my voice that you're
hearing when you use the app. And I also take it myself because
it's nice to brush up," Peterson said.
(Reporting by Reuters Television; Editing by Sonya Hepinstall)
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