Emilia Clarke, on Late Night with Seth Meyers, confirmed that Dothraki is not a real language. Despite this, the Mother of Dragons was criticized for her dialect and pronunciation when playing Daenerys Targaryen. It was always a debate amongst Game of Thrones fans whether the language used on the show was real or not.Dothraki is a fictional language, as confirmed by the crew and cast of the show. It was created only for Game of Thrones by linguist David J. Peterson, who was hired by HBO to expand upon a handful of words mentioned in George R. R. Martin's novels.Dothraki, though fictional, has a fully developed grammar system, several thousand words of vocabulary, and consistent pronunciation rules.He explained that the grammar of Dothraki borrowed elements from Russian, while its vocabulary and cultural tone were based on Mongolian nomadic societies, reflecting the horse-centered Dothraki lifestyle.Besides Dothraki, Peterson has also developed High Valyrian and its regional offshore (Low Valyrian). High Valyrian is often said to be the Latin of the Game of Thrones universe, a “dead” prestige language spoken by nobles like Daenerys and later expanded in House of the Dragon.High Valyrian is so structurally complete that it's now taught on Duolingo, with over a million learners worldwide.Emilia Clarke and her dialect criticismOn Late Night with Seth Meyers, Emilia Clarke revealed that she got criticized over her Game of Thrones' Dothraki dialect by the creator of the language. Seth reminded Emilia of the same discussion they had 10 years back about the language being real. He said:"You famously had to learn Dothraki for Game of Thrones, which we talked about. And I remember 10 years ago, we talked about. It was a real language.To which Emilia replied:"I know. I don't understand it. I'm such a bad linguist. I speak English. That's it."Seth jokes, as the audience laughs:"Yeah, wonderfully. Everybody says wonderfully."Emilia Clarke went on to add:"I'm really good at this one language, really bad at all the others. And yet all of these shows, I just like everything that I've done."Seth added:"Yeah, but at least other people speak Russian. I mean, Dothraki seemed, like, deeply unfair."Emilia Clarke then adds that she read an article where the creator of the language, David J. Peterson, criticized her dialect:"I put so much energy into learning Dothraki and then we did the show and da, da, da, da. And then we moved on to Valyrian, and we moved on to high Valyrian and all that stuff. And then I feel like she ended up speaking English."She continued:"But the creator of the language...I read an article that said I sucked at Dothraki. And I was like, what? And I was like, bro? It's not a real language. I can't suck at it. Because me saying it on the TV. That's how it goes. That's the language."Meyers supported Clarke by saying:"That's Dothraki...Now!"Emilia added that she was hurt and pissed when she read this.Despite all the criticism, Emilia Clarke's command of the fictional languages used in the show was highly regarded. Clarke once improvised a whole Valyrian monologue in less than ten minutes when the creative team determined that a crucial sequence would be more effective in the imaginary language than in English, as director Jeremy Podeswa previously disclosed. In the end, the moment was used in the final cut, highlighting her preparation and fluency.Stay tuned to Soap Central for more information.