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David J. Peterson
American language creator (born 1981) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the language creator. For other people named David Peterson, see David Peterson (disambiguation).
David Joshua Peterson (born January 20, 1981) is an American language creator. He came to prominence after creating the Dothraki and Valyrian languages for the television series Game of Thrones. He has subsequently worked on a number of other projects, including the films Dune and Dune: Part Two, for which he created the Chakobsa language. He has written a book on language construction entitled The Art of Language Invention.
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Born | David Joshua Peterson (1981-01-20) January 20, 1981 (age 43) Long Beach, California, U.S. |
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Occupation | Language creator |
Known for | Creating Dothraki and Valyrian for Game of Thrones |
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Children | 1 |
Website | artoflanguageinvention.com |
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