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Kaffe qif qiya! Finally, a course to help kids learn Dothraki

It is known: Nacho Punch makes some pretty hilarious videos, including this one that mashes up a 1990s commercial for the Muzzy language-learning program with the ancient tongue in "Game of Thrones."

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Completely appropriate for children, the Muzzy Dothraki language program will have your kids running their own khalasar in no time! Video screenshot by Michael Franco/CNET

Hey kids! Have you ever wanted to learn how to say "I will dance in your blood?" in the Dothraki language made popular on "Game of Thrones"? Parents, do you want to arm your kids with vital language skills in a world that's increasingly being taken over by strange terms like "Valyrian steel," and "mother of dragons?" If so, video-spoof-making team Nacho Punch has got just the thing for you.

Their latest YouTube parody takes a 1990s commercial for a video set that teaches kids to learn a foreign language by following along with the slightly creepy character "Muzzy," and melds it with the fantasy world of "Game of Thrones."

"With this unique language course," the video says, "humans, giants and even bastards can learn a second language with incredible ease." The course isn't just for wannabe Dothraki speakers either. It also offers lessons in Valyrian, Hodor and White Walker.

The cost for the set of "four delightful videos" is a deal too: just three petrified dragon eggs, or 20 gold pieces a month for six months.

Even though the video is a spoof, such a language-learning set for Dothraki isn't really that crazy. The language actually exists. It was created by David Peterson, who won a contest sponsored by the Language Creation Society to invent the vocabulary and grammar for the HBO show. It has more than 3,000 words and a Web site that tells you all you'd ever really want to know about speaking the language.

The Muzzy/Dothraki mashup is just one of the latest in a long line of Nacho Punch short animations like "Star Wars: The Lost 1980s Anime," humorous series like "Robin Banks and the Bank Roberts," and spoof videos like "Hipsters Love Beer," which went viral after it was released in January, according to the Nacho Punch peeps.

So act soon to reserve a Dothraki Muzzy language course for your kids, because you never know when they'll need to talk their way out a tricky situation with a nomadic horde at school. And Qafak qov kaffe qif qiya fini kaf faqqies fakaya! (That means, "The trembling questioner crushed the bleeding boar that squished a kicking corn bunting," but I'm still learning, so give me a break.)