
Nail the vowelsĪ good way to prove your mastery of a second language? Get the vowels right. "You can swallow your tongue … that is possible" Peterson cautioned, "so don't do that." 2.

Peterson estimated that about 60 percent of the group had it right. The crowd tried the sound together, resulting in a cacophony not unlike a flock of ravens caw-cawing. Peterson characterized the Dothraki "q" to be spoken like "a 'k' but further back in the throat." He advised putting the back of your tongue right against the uvula (the part that hangs down from the roof of your mouth).

"'Q' is the hardest sound in Dothraki," Peterson explained: it's not pronounced like "q" or "k" in English. Below you'll find five rules to speak by, in Vaes Dothrak and beyond. Peterson's Comic-Con panel functioned as a 45-minute language lesson he walked through some basic tips, vocabulary and behind-the-scenes details. Peterson recently released Living Language Dothraki, a conversational language course designed to turn any new speaker into a fierce warrior… conversationally, at least.

Peterson is the linguist responsible for several of GoT's fictional languages – including High Valyrian and Dothraki, the language of the nomadic horse tribes of Essos. Lured by the idea they'd "learn to speak like a khal," eager GoT fans crowded the New York Comic-Con panel Dothraki 101 With Language Creator David Peterson.
