High Valyrian
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High Valyrian is the ancient, prestigious language of the Valyrian Freehold from Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon.
Description
High Valyrian was created by David J. Peterson for HBO's Game of Thrones and later expanded for House of the Dragon. Inspired by Latin in its role as a prestige language, High Valyrian features four grammatical genders (lunar, solar, terrestrial, aquatic), a complex noun declension system, and verb conjugations. The language gained popularity through its Duolingo course and is one of the most studied fictional languages today.
Sample Vocabulary
| High Valyrian | English | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| ābra | woman | woman (noun) |
| ābrar | life; humanity, all people; womankind, all women | life, humanity, all people, womankind (noun) |
| ābrazȳrys | wife | wife (noun) |
| addemmagon | to pay, to satisfy, to make good →acc. inanim. object e.g. a debt | to pay, to satisfy, to make good inanim. object (verb) |
| adere | slippery; sleek, smooth; fast, quick | slippery, sleek, smooth, fast (adjective) |
| aderī | soon | soon (adverb) |
| aderves | quickness, sleekness, smoothness | quickness, sleekness, smoothness (noun) |
| āegenka | iron | iron (adjective) |
| āegion | iron | iron (noun) |
| āeksio | master, lord | master, lord (noun) |
| āeksion | gold | gold (noun) |
| Aeliks | Aelix | Aelix (name) |
| Aerys | Aerys | Aerys (name) |
| ajomemēbagon | to rage on | to rage on (verb) |
| amāzinon | return | return (noun) |
| amazverdagon | to recreate, to create | to recreate, to create (verb) |
| ampa | ten | ten (numeral) |
| amplie | tenth | tenth (numeral) |
| angogon | to bite | to bite (verb) |
| anne | horse | horse (noun) |