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+ | '''Skroth''' is the [[Languages|language]] spoken by the [[White Walkers]]. It sounds like the cracking of ice. |
==Behind the Scenes== |
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| − | The credits for episodes of Season 1 of the TV series include the statement: "Dothraki, Ashai'i, and Skroth languages created by the Language Creation Society and David J. Peterson." |
+ | The credits for episodes of [[Season 1]] of the TV series include the statement: "Dothraki, Ashai'i, and Skroth languages created by the Language Creation Society and [[David J. Peterson]]." |
| + | Peterson developed a spoken language for the White Walkers to use in Season 1 (probably in the unaired [[pilot episode]]), but it was not ultimately used on-screen, and dropped entirely from [[Season 2]]. Instead, actual ice-cracking sound effects were used when the White Walkers are conversing.<ref>[http://www.dothraki.com/2012/06/ei-mahrazhith-drivoe/ David J. Peterson's blog]</ref><ref>[http://zap2it.com/2015/07/game-of-thrones-language-creator-white-walkers-dont-speak/ ]</ref> |
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| − | While the Dothraki language is heard prominently in the series, and Mirri Maz Dur’s magical incantations in Season 1 seem to have been in Ashai’i, the term “Skroth” has not yet been used in the books. The White Walkers do have a language in the books, described as sounding like crackling ice, but it has not yet been given a name. Therefore, it seems that David J. Peterson actually developed a system of linguistic rules for the sounds the White Walkers are making (mostly in episode 1 of Season 1), and has named it “Skroth”. |
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| + | In an interview with ''Entertainment Weekly'' during Season 2, Executive Producers [[David Benioff]] and [[D.B. Weiss]] stated that "Skroth" is indeed the official name of the language used by the White Walkers. According to the interview, the inhuman (and unpronounceable) sounds of Skroth, "ice-cracking chatter", were created by Sound Designer [[Peter Brown]]. <ref>http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/05/27/game-of-thrones-blackwater-2/2/</ref> |
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| + | The novel ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' clearly states that "the Others" ("White Walkers" in the TV series) speak a language with the voice "like the cracking of ice on a winter lake", but the name of the language is not given. |
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Revision as of 20:42, 30 March 2016
Skroth is the language spoken by the White Walkers. It sounds like the cracking of ice.
Behind the Scenes
The credits for episodes of Season 1 of the TV series include the statement: "Dothraki, Ashai'i, and Skroth languages created by the Language Creation Society and David J. Peterson."
Peterson developed a spoken language for the White Walkers to use in Season 1 (probably in the unaired pilot episode), but it was not ultimately used on-screen, and dropped entirely from Season 2. Instead, actual ice-cracking sound effects were used when the White Walkers are conversing.[1][2]
In an interview with Entertainment Weekly during Season 2, Executive Producers David Benioff and D.B. Weiss stated that "Skroth" is indeed the official name of the language used by the White Walkers. According to the interview, the inhuman (and unpronounceable) sounds of Skroth, "ice-cracking chatter", were created by Sound Designer Peter Brown. [3]
In the books
The novel A Song of Ice and Fire clearly states that "the Others" ("White Walkers" in the TV series) speak a language with the voice "like the cracking of ice on a winter lake", but the name of the language is not given.