David J. Peterson
David Joshua Peterson (born January 20, 1981 ) is an American writer , linguist and language creator.
Life
David J. Peterson studied at the University of California at Berkeley from 1999 to 2003. He received a BA in English and Linguistics . He received his MA in linguistics from the University of California at San Diego (2003-06). According to his own statements from an interview he gave to Conlangs Monthly, he had his first contact with constructed languages in Berkeley , after having attended an Esperanto course there in 2000. In 2009, the television network HBO was looking for a fictional language for a new television series Game of Thrones and turned to the Language Creation Society. This carried out a competition which Peterson won.
Peterson is best known for his Dothraki and Valyrian languages for the HBO series Game of Thrones (since 2009) and the Castithan, Irathient and Omec languages for the Syfys series Defiance (since 2011). Since 2000 he has been developing constructed languages. He also created the language used by the Black Elves in the movie Thor - The Dark World . He was President of the Language Creation Society from 2011 to 2014. Peterson is married.
Films and languages
| year | Movie title | languages |
|---|---|---|
| 2011-2016 | game of Thrones | Dothraki, Valyrian |
| 2013-2015 | Defiance | Kastithanu, L'Irathi, Indojisnen, Kinuk'aaz |
| 2013 | Thor: The Dark World | Shivaisith |
| 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 |
Fonts
- The Zaanics Deceit (co-author), Nina Post, LLC 2014, ISBN 978-1-4954-6134-7
- Living Language Dothraki, Living Language 2014, ISBN 978-0-8041-6086-5
- The Art of Language Invention, Penguin Books 2015, ISBN 978-0-14-312646-1
Web links
- David J. Peterson, Orange County, CA (about.me)
- Homepage
Individual evidence
- ↑ About David J. Peterson. Dothraki.org. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
- ↑ http://dothraki.conlang.org/official-hbo-press-release/ Accessed May 30, 2015
- ^ "Thor: The Dark World credits". The New York Times. Retrieved November 18, 2013.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Peterson, David J. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Peterson, David Joshua (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American writer, linguist and language creator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 20, 1981 |