Now Presenting  —  A Perennial Disquisition

Cinemaths

Starring Herman Yersin

A Linguistic Census

The Tongues of Cinema

Every language spoken across 2973 films — their prevalence, their character, their standing

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40 Languages Represented
English Dominant Language
91.6% Share of Catalogue
248 Non-Dominant Languages
15 Spoken by 1 Film Only
I. The Dominions of Speech Foremost languages displayed in order of prevalence
languages
No. 1 91.6%
English 2,724 films Avg. 66.9 · C
No. 2 1.1%
French 32 films Avg. 73.6 · C+
No. 3 1.0%
No Language 31 films Avg. 83.1 · B
No. 4 0.8%
German 24 films Avg. 71.9 · C+
No. 5 0.7%
Japanese 22 films Avg. 82.4 · B
No. 6 0.6%
Italian 19 films Avg. 74.2 · C+
40 languages

English accounts for 92% of the entire catalogue.

English 91.6% 2,724 films
French 1.1% 32 films
No Language 1.0% 31 films
German 0.8% 24 films
Japanese 0.7% 22 films
Italian 0.6% 19 films
Korean 0.5% 16 films
Spanish 0.3% 10 films
Mandarin 0.3% 10 films
Vietnamese 0.3% 8 films
Danish 0.2% 7 films
Russian 0.2% 7 films
All Others 2.1% 62 films
Complete Lexicon 40 languages — fully enumerated
#Language ↕Films ↓% of Total ↕Avg. Rating ↕GradeFilm Share
1English2,72491.6%66.9C
2French321.1%73.6C+
3No Language311.0%83.1B
4German240.8%71.9C+
5Japanese220.7%82.4B
6Italian190.6%74.2C+
7Korean160.5%69.6C
8Spanish100.3%59.0D+
9Mandarin100.3%59.2D+
10Vietnamese80.3%59.9D+
11Danish70.2%80.9B
12Russian70.2%78.1B-
13Swedish70.2%63.7C-
14Cantonese50.2%76.0B-
15Portuguese50.2%89.4B+
16Norwegian50.2%77.8B-
17Persian40.1%76.3B-
18Hindi40.1%78.8B-
19Czech40.1%85.3B+
20Khmer30.1%82.7B
21Thai20.1%78.0B-
22Marathi20.1%70.5C+
23Arabic20.1%74.0C+
24Dutch20.1%74.0C+
25Ukrainian20.1%77.5B-
26Indonesian10.0%72.0C+
27Belarusian10.0%100.0A+
28Hungarian10.0%40.0D-
29Interslavic10.0%91.0A-
30Romanian10.0%88.0B+
31Bosnian10.0%88.0B+
32Tibetan10.0%74.0C+
33Bengali10.0%29.0F
34Polish10.0%81.0B
35Dzongkha10.0%86.0B+
36Turkish10.0%35.0F
37Irish10.0%83.0B
38Icelandic10.0%67.0C
39Quechua10.0%82.0B
40Bemba10.0%85.0B+