David J. Peterson

David J. Peterson
Born (1981-01-20) January 20, 1981[1]
Long Beach, California[2]
Nationality American
Occupation Writer, language creator
Known for
Spouse(s) Erin Peterson[3]

David Joshua Peterson (born January 20, 1981) is an American writer and language creator. Studying at University of California, Berkeley (1999-2003), he received B.A. degrees in English and in Linguistics.[2] He received an M.A. in Linguistics from University of California, San Diego (2003–06).[2] According to an interview given to the publication Conlangs Monthly, he had his first contact with constructed languages while still in Berkeley, after attending an Esperanto class in 2000.[4] In 2009, the television network HBO needed a fictional language for a new television series and turned to the Language Creation Society for help. This resulted in a contest, which Peterson won.[5][6]

Peterson is best known for creating the Dothraki and Valyrian languages for the HBO series Game of Thrones (since 2009) and the Castithan, Irathient and Omec languages for Syfy's Defiance (since 2011); but he has been creating languages since 2000.[2][7] He also created the language used by the Dark Elves in the movie Thor: The Dark World.[8] In 2007, he co-founded the Language Creation Society,[2] with nine other language creators[2] and served as its president (2011–2014).[9]

When creating the two full and two smaller languages for Defiance, Peterson also developed a number system.[10]

Filmography

Year Title Language(s)
2011–2016 Game of Thrones Dothraki, Valyrian
2013–2015 Defiance Kastithanu, L'Irathi, Indojisnen, Kinuk'aaz
2013 Thor: The Dark World Shiväisith
2014 Star-Crossed Sondiv
2014–2015 Dominion Lishepus
2014–2016 The 100 Trigedasleng
2015 Penny Dreadful Verbis Diablo
2016 The Shannara Chronicles Noalath
2016 Emerald City Inha, Munja'kin

Bibliography

Year Title Publisher ISBN
2014 The Zaanics Deceit (co-author) Nina Post, LLC ISBN 978-1495461347
2014 Living Language Dothraki Living Language ISBN 978-0804160865
2015 The Art of Language Invention Penguin Books ISBN 978-0143126461

References

  1. ↑ "The birth of David Joshua Peterson". California Birth Index. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "About David J. Peterson". Dothraki.org. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
  3. ↑ David J. Peterson referring to his wife David J. Peterson on Twitter. 27 April 2013. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
  4. ↑ "Interview with David J. Peterson". Conlangs Monthly. February 2015. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
  5. ↑ http://dothraki.conlang.org/official-hbo-press-release/
  6. ↑ http://www.iftn.ie/news/?act1=record&aid=73&rid=4282989&tpl=archnews
  7. ↑ Banks, Dave (August 25, 2010). "Interview: Creating Language for HBO’s Game Of Thrones". Wired. Retrieved April 5, 2014.
  8. ↑ "Thor: The Dark World credits". The New York Times. Retrieved November 18, 2013.
  9. ↑ "Minutes for LCS Board Meeting (3/5/2011)". Language Creation Society. Retrieved April 14, 2016.
  10. ↑ Bercovici, Jeff (November 30, 2013). "It Is Known: 'Game Of Thrones' Linguist Has Coolest Job Ever". Forbes. Retrieved April 5, 2014.

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