Meereenese is a form of bastard Valyrian spoken in the city of Meereen. Like the mongrel Ghiscari of the other Slaver Cities, the tongue of Meereen is a form of High Valyrian influenced by Old Ghiscari.[1] Meereenes has the speaker roll zzzs.[2]
Recent Events
A Dance with Dragons
Maester Kedry is fluent in the mongrel tongue of Slaver's Bay.[3]
Haldon Halfmaester tries to teach Meereenese to Young Griff and Tyrion Lannister, with the youth having more success than Tyrion.[2]
Quotes
The seneschal wore a tokar of maroon silk with a golden fringe. A small, damp man, he smelled as if he had bathed in perfume and spoke a bastard form of High Valyrian, much corrupted and flavored with a thick Ghiscari growl.[1]
—thoughts of Daenerys Targaryen
Meereenese was harder; its roots were Valyrian as well, but the tree had been grafted onto the harsh, ugly tongue of Old Ghis.[2]
—thoughts of Tyrion Lannister
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 2, Daenerys I.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 14, Tyrion IV.
- ↑ A Dance with Dragons, Chapter 6, The Merchant's Man.