Valyrebonics โ linguistic variant of Valyrian spoken by the Black members of the Targaryen family. Black Targaryens had no dragons; because of this, built their own wealth and power base through maritime
power.
Their mother tongue was influenced and modified through contact with other cultures through trade. Already a linguistically rich, language, Valyrian acquired additional โflavaโ through cultural diffusion.
The Valyrebonics idiom โflavaโ is an example of the acquired richness. Of the language. โFlavaโ is a metaphorical commemoration of the
spice trade facilitated by the Black Targaryens. As spices make foods richer; cultural diffusion makes languages richer.
Beautiful and provocative poetry was written in Valyrebonics and it would become a major cultural influenced for the
music,
dance, and styles of succeeding centuries. Prophetic books were which foretold the coming of Black King Barrak Hussien; a stylish Black Warrior named Mace; a Brown hero named Morales who had the human proportional strength and agility of a
spider; a dusky storyteller who would revolutionize visual storytelling; and a beautiful
queen that could only be
owned if you could put a ring on her finger โ a beautiful image in Valyrebonics, the word for
word literal
English translation would be โ
ice her fingerโ.
These prophecies were all considered very controversial by speakers of โclassicalโ Valyreian.
As Valyrebonics evolved into its on sophisticated and widely spoken language of commerce, it could be more easily spoken by
non-Targaryens. And
yet, it was difficult for speakers of โClassical Targaryensโ to understand because of its use of colorful linguistic imagery that was figurative and not literal; and because of many loan words that entered the language from other cultures.
The classic example sited is the phrase โ
ice her fingerโ which in Valyrebonics means: โto offer an expensive jeweled ring;โ; and, NOT โa temperature treatment designed to slow the
spread of
Gray Scale in its early stagesโ as would be implied by the same phrase in Classical Valyrian.