This gave way to may offshoots of the original language and morphed into many different dialects of Low Valyrian drawing many parallels with Latin. However, after the Doom of Valyria, the language fell out of use and is now considered a dead language. One of the former powerful families, House Targaryen, once dominated the continent with their native language of High Valyrian. Unlike Westeros, in Essos the languages spoken are numerous and diverse.
Having said this, we do know a certain amount about the languages spoken there. The enormous landmass of Essos is so vast that some parts of the area have not even been mapped. Woh dak nag gram – Little squirrel people (the name for the Children of the Forest as used by the giants) Nonetheless, some terms in Old Tongue include: In the series however, we are only introduced very briefly to one of these, spoken by the giants in season 5.
In the books, the Old Tongue is described as having several sub-dialects. The Old Tongue of the First Men was the language used by the first settlers on the continent and is now only spoken by a handful of Wildings – the name given to those who live north of The Wall. Some common phrases popularlised by the show in the Common Tongue include “winter is coming”, “you know nothing, Jon Snow” and “shame, shame”. The Common Tongue is also well known as a second language and often used as a lingua franca between characters from different locations and backgrounds. It is relatively uniform throughout Westeros, and is the first language of many of the characters from this continent, with different accents depicting their class and geographical location just like in real life. The Common Tongue of the Andals, who were the first settlers in Westeros, is represented in both the books and TV show by the real-life language of English. It is separated from a second continent in the Game of Thrones universe, Essos, by a strip of water referred to as the Narrow Sea. The fictional continent of Westeros is where most of the action in the TV series occurs. So, which languages are we talking about and what are some examples of phrases used in the show? Languages on Westeros Therefore, HBO and the Language Creation Society had to come up with their own adaptations, full of complex rules about pronunciation and grammar, and all with an extensive range of dialects and accents. Martin, includes many invented languages with extended portions of speech spoken in these languages, however, in the books these passages are written in English. The book series on which the TV series is based, A Song of Ice and Fire written by George R. Especially those in other languages which you may not be familiar with. With Game of Thrones back on our screens, we thought it might be useful to have a brief look at some of the commons terms and phrases used in the series.
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