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After designing Dothraki for Game of Thrones, what type of venture did linguist David J. Peterson go on to build?
Answer
A constructed-language consulting business for film and TV
Peterson's success with Dothraki led him to found the Language Creation Society and work as a professional language creator, consulting on numerous film and television productions.
💡 Did you know?
George R.R. Martin's Dothraki was designed by linguist David J. Peterson, who later created an entire conlang consulting business from the success.
Other options people guess
- A fantasy novel publishing house
- A video game design studio
- A university linguistics department
Topics
- conlang
- fiction
- linguistics
- pop-culture
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