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The Dothraki vocabulary was created by [[David J. Peterson]] well in advance of the adaptation. HBO hired the Language Creation Society to create the language, and after an application process involving over 30 [[List of language inventors|conlangers]], Peterson was chosen to develop the Dothraki language. He delivered over 1700 words to HBO before the initial shooting. Peterson drew inspiration from George R. R. Martin’s description of the language, as well as from such languages as [[Estonian language|Estonian]], [[Inuktitut]], [[Turkish language|Turkish]], [[Russian language|Russian]], and [[Swahili language|Swahili]].<ref name=hbo>{{cite web |url=http://dothraki.conlang.org/official-hbo-press-release/ |title=Official HBO Press Release |website=Dothraki.conlang.org|date=April 12, 2010}}</ref>
David J. Peterson and his development of the Dothraki language were featured on an April 8, 2012 episode of [[CNN]]'s ''[[The Next List]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://whatsnext.blogs.cnn.com/2012/04/06/language-creation-for-game-of-thrones/|title='Game of Thrones' linguist: How to create a language from scratch|website=CNN What's Next|accessdate=2017-07-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130911002127/http://whatsnext.blogs.cnn.com/2012/04/06/language-creation-for-game-of-thrones/|archive-date=2013-09-11|
===Language constraints===
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* '''alegra ivezh''' ''wild duck'' ('''alegra''' duck, '''ivezh''' wild)
* '''jin arakh''' ''this arakh'' ('''jin''' this, '''arakh''' arakh (type of blade))
* '''rek hrakkares''' ''that lion'' ('''rek''' that, '''hrakkares''' lion)<ref name="Demonstratives">{{cite web|url=http://www.dothraki.com/2012/02/demonstratives/ |title=Demonstratives |publisher=Dothraki.com |accessdate=2013-06-16}}</ref>}} but [[adjective]]s, [[Possession (linguistics)|possessor]] and [[prepositional phrase]]s all follow the noun:<ref name="Demonstratives"/><ref name="Adjectives">{{cite web|url=http://wiki.dothraki.org/dothraki/Adjectives |title=Adjectives |website=Dothraki.org |date=8 October 2012 |accessdate=2013-06-16 |
:'''jin ave sekke verven anni m'orvikoon'''
:this father very violent of.mine with.a.whip
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Adverbs normally are sentence final, but they can also immediately follow the verb. [[Modal particle]]s precede the verb.<ref name="dothraki101"/>
In the episode "[[Andy's Ancestry]]" from the United States television show ''[[The Office (U.S. TV series)|The Office]]'', [[Dwight Schrute]] created the Dothraki phrase "throat rip" by placing "throat" in front to make it the accusative.<ref name=EW>{{cite journal |last=Rahman |first=Ray |date=31 May – 7 June 2013 |title=My Weird TV Job: The Guy Who Makes Up Languages for ''Game of Thrones'' and ''Defiance'' |journal=Entertainment Weekly |issue=#1261/1262 |url=http://www.ew.com/article/2013/05/24/guy-who-makes-languages-game-thrones-and-defiance |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150408015202/http://www.ew.com/article/2013/05/24/guy-who-makes-languages-game-thrones-and-defiance |archivedate=2015-04-08 |
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