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The Dothraki language, as any natural language does, was not one that remained stagnant throughout the history of the people of the plains of Essos.  The language that the Dothraki speak is descendant from an older, proto-language, that David J. Peterson named ''Proto-plains''.  Proto-plains is the ancestor language to the Dothraki and Lhazareen languages.  Currently little is known about Proto-plains, as no details have been officially published by David J. Peterson, but information has been reconstructed from comments made by David on blog posts, examples from lectures and interviews that he conducted.   
The Dothraki language, as any natural language does, was not one that remained stagnant throughout the history of the people of the plains of Essos.  The language that the Dothraki speak is descendant from an older proto-language that David J. Peterson named ''Proto-plains''.  Proto-plains is the ancestor language to the Dothraki and Lhazareen languages.  Currently little is known about Proto-plains, as no details have been officially published by David J. Peterson, but information has been reconstructed from comments made by David on blog posts, examples from lectures and interviews that he conducted.   




The information that is known relates to the sound changes that occurred from Proto Plains to Dothraki, and the rules are listed below:
The information that is known relates to the sound changes that occurred from Proto Plains to Dothraki, and the rules are listed below:

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The Dothraki language, as any natural language does, was not one that remained stagnant throughout the history of the people of the plains of Essos. The language that the Dothraki speak is descendant from an older proto-language that David J. Peterson named Proto-plains. Proto-plains is the ancestor language to the Dothraki and Lhazareen languages. Currently little is known about Proto-plains, as no details have been officially published by David J. Peterson, but information has been reconstructed from comments made by David on blog posts, examples from lectures and interviews that he conducted.


The information that is known relates to the sound changes that occurred from Proto Plains to Dothraki, and the rules are listed below: