Top 10 TV Languages Fans Are Trying To Learn

From Game of Thrones to Star Trek, fictional languages are becoming increasingly popular with fans

While it’s common to learn Spanish or French, it seems these aren’t the only languages we want to speak, as fictional TV tongues become increasingly popular with fans.

Since the Game of Thrones spin-off House of the Dragon aired, Google searches for ‘Learn Valyrian’ have increased by a staggering 539%, as faithful fans are keen to get a deeper connection to the show’s characters.

But what other fictional languages are most searched for? To find out, online entertainment experts from Jeffbet.com analyzed global Google search data in a bid to reveal all…

The 10 fictional languages fans most want to learn

The world’s most popular fictional language goes to ‘Klingon’ from Star Trek, with the term ‘Klingon language’ receiving a jaw-dropping 228,000 annual searches on average.

Spoken by the ‘Klingons’ from the Star Trek universe, the first Klingon words were made by the actor James Doohan in 1979, however in 1983 a linguist was hired to sophisticate and expand the simple phrases to create a whole new language. People are so interested in learning the language that there’s even an online school called the Klingon Language Institute dedicated to teaching it.

‘Elvish’ from Lord of the Rings is next on the list with 132,000 searches each year. Interestingly, in the last 12 months searches for ‘elvish’ have increased by 61%, as fans geared up for The Rings of Power spin-off.

Third place goes to ‘Dothraki’ from Game of Thrones which has 63,000 average annual searches, followed by ‘Valyrian’ which is currently soaring. High Valyrian has grown to comprise about 2,000 words, and although it may be fictional, it has its own system of rules that govern it, the same as any other language.

Ahead of the House of the Dragon prequel, Duolingo even launched its very own High Valyrian language course to give fans a head start.

Another unusual language gaining attraction is Minionese (15,600) spoken by the minions from Disney movie, Despicable Me.

According to linguists, Minionese is a polyglot language, which borrows words and grammatical rules from many different languages. It contains some elements of English, however, also contains words from other languages such as Spanish, Italian, Chinese, Filipino, French, and Russian.

‘Kryptonian’ the is language spoken on the fictional planet Krypton, birthplace of Superman, and also makes the top 10 with 13,200 global searches.

It first appeared in writing in the Superman comics as random squiggles, however in

2000 DC Comics introduced a transliteration alphabet containing symbols for each of the letters of the English alphabet. A more complex version of Kryptonian alphabet also appears on the TV show Smallville.

Further down the list, we see more fictional languages including Sindarian, another from Lord of the Rings, along with Vulcan from Star Trek. Harry Potter’s famous ‘Parseltongue’ also makes the top 10, receiving annual 4,200 searches.

Methodology: To source the data for this study, each fictional language was paired with the word ‘language’ e.g ‘dothraki language’ to avoid the data being skewed by alternative searches. AHREFS was used to calculate the average number of searches globally.

Hat tip to jeffbet.com.