Dothraki Translator
Translate English to Dothraki, the language of a fictional nation of horse-riding warriors.
What is Dothraki?
Dothraki is a constructed language made for a fantasy television series, where it belongs to a nomadic people who spend their lives on horseback. Its creator, a professional linguist, delivered well over a thousand words before filming began and borrowed ideas from languages as different as Estonian, Inuktitut, Turkish, Russian and Swahili. By 2011 the vocabulary had passed three thousand words.
Like the culture it belongs to, the vocabulary leans toward horses, riding and fighting and has very little to say about the sea or cities. That is what makes a Dothraki translator interesting: a modern sentence often has no direct word, so the AI has to improvise from the roots it has.
How to translate English to Dothraki
Type your sentence, select Dothraki and press Translate. You get the translation, an IPA pronunciation, and a note on every word, including which ones the AI had to invent. The speaker button plays it back with the rolled r the language is known for.
Short, bold statements about travel, strength and loyalty work best.
Dothraki grammar and sounds in brief
The word order is subject, verb, object, just like English, which makes basic sentences easier to follow than in High Valyrian. Nouns are either animate or inanimate and change across five cases. The language has only four vowels, i, e, o and a, no diphthongs, and a rolled or tapped r. Spelling is fairly regular, so once you know the sounds, reading it aloud is not hard.
Phrases to try in Dothraki
- The horse is fast, and the rider is fearless.
- Hello, how was your journey?
- We ride at dawn.
- You are my strength.
- May your fire never go out.
Questions about the Dothraki translator
Is Dothraki a real language?
It is a constructed language with thousands of words and a full grammar, created for a TV series.
Is Dothraki hard to pronounce?
Not very. There are only four vowels and the spelling is regular. The rolled r is the hardest part for most English speakers.
How many words does Dothraki have?
More than three thousand as of 2011, though not all of them have been made public.
How do you say hello in Dothraki?
Try "hello" in the translator and it will show you the current answer along with an explanation.
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