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Everybody knows the Minions, the lovable little mischief-makers that star in the Despicable Me franchise. The small, yellow creatures live to be henchmen, trusted followers of the most villainous villain they can find. That’s why they serve anti-hero extraordinaire Gru.
Minions have a unique look, but what’s even more unique is their language. On the surface it sounds like they’re speaking complete gibberish, but if you listen closely, it’s really an intricate and nuanced vocabulary.
Very nuanced. Here’s what it all means.
Minionese, as it’s known, is a constructed language created by Despicable Me co-directors Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud. While it may sound like incoherent babbling, the practically indistinguishable words are actually a handcrafted dialect specifically designed for the Minions.
Minionese is a combination of several real languages, including French, Italian, Spanish, Hindi, and Japanese, among others. One example of how these words are blended together to create the jumbled language comes from Despicable Me 2.
The phrase he uses there is a combination of French and Hindi that describes the popular Indian-style chicken dish.
A lot of what Minions say consists of silly sounding words strung together from various different languages with some actual gibberish thrown in. So no matter where you are in the world, you probably recognize something that comes out of the Minions’ mouths.
It’s not inconceivable that the Minions would know so many languages, considering their origin movie the aptly titled Minions established that they’ve been traveling the world since the beginning of time in search of the perfect villain to serve. Why wouldn’t they speak multiple dialects?
A melting pot of languages | 0:00
Prominent English | 2:11
Context is worth 1,000 words | 3:35
One man, many voices | 4:34
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HONEY banana is not an English word 😭😭 There are so many languages that have “Banana” in their vocabulary.
Masala 😂
1:18 "puri tikka masala"
haha but the rise of gru they spoke spanish
1:16
Minion : Paneer tikka masala (veg dish)
Narrator : popular Indian style chicken dish
🤣🤣🤣
Can't believe I am spending my Sunday doing deep dives into minion lore
World’s most sexiest accent.
Me and my friend came up with a theory about Minionese
We thought that it was clips of the voice actors speaking each language looped over clips of them speaking the others that were then pitched/sped up
The animators of minions movies are just super.
In rise of gru
Minions talked mongolian language bit
Im so confused hearing our language from minions 😂
"Puri tika masala" 1:20
That's legit Hindi
ah yes yes..
for pavor putang ina ka.. swadikhap acha acha nehi domo senpai saranghe hati hati nasigoreng ayam kecap manis dan terimakasih telor dadar
At first I taught it was only french because of their time with napoleon
Eh Romanian Doh.
'Banana' is not an english word.
So basically, Minions speaks Esperanto. 🍌
Bonus : You can see Pierre Coffin here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5-zuOXm3Ts
Ka ko ba hit ka ern tu hit ka nom tu hit
Minion language
They said Luka Chupi in hindi too!
Minion also speak Malay language "TERIMA KASIH" means Thank You
All world knows only chiken tikka masala about India 😂😂😂
1:17 Paneer Tikka Massala 😄🤣
I swear they speak Spanish
Some Filipino words too.
Zootroplis San José
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Zootopia Gorilla
Zootroplis David Danielle
Rock Coco Spanish Versión
Coco Hector David Daniel
Coco English Versión Zootroplis
Isn't Banana Spanish?
Scarlet Overkill Sandra Bullock
Herb Overkill Jon Hamm
Pool 🏊♀️
Fun fact: one of the directors wrote some sentences with certain words because they simply sounded funny together. that means some of what they say is actually random words and would be incoherent if you could translate it.
So you are telling me that all these jaundiced pills know every language in the world and we didn't know
I love this cartoon actor 😀😄😄😁😁😆🤣
They mostly talk Spanish
Who else wish they could learn the minion language😂😂
"Terima Kasih"
Please😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭bring back the minion it bring back memories of my childhood
im so happy that minions has a malaysia/indon languange.
The "TIKA MASALA" had me laughing my lungs out. XD
They are speaking Tagalog French and Spanish
0:52 could anyone translate what Gru is probably saying? I cannot understand. Though I think it might be Spanish, Idk
I hate those little yellow tumors.