high valyrian
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.24 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
6
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A constructed language developed for use in the television series Game of Thrones.
Example Sentences
- "The HBO series Games of Thrones, which premiered in 2011, has included the languages of Dothraki and High Valyrian, both created by David Peterson."
- "Though two language courses (High Valyrian and Klingon) are constructed languages from popular TV series (Game of Thrones and Star Trek, respectively), there are reportedly more than 100,000 learners doing the High Valyrian course."
- "The use of High Valyrian mirrors the use of Latin both in the medieval Christian church and as a common language used among the educated elite."
- "Another fascinating element of High Valyrian is its gender system. Nouns in High Valyrian fall into four grammatical genders: lunar, solar, aquatic, and terrestrial. For example, the word embar ("ocean") is aquatic, but the word blēnon ("mountain") is terrestrial."