![]() ![]() To answer this fun question, you will have to turn to the linguists and language creators of this movie. After their premiere on the big screen, they have delivered some quotes that have been picked up and imitated by fans worldwide.īut Have You Ever Stopped to Think What Languages Do Minions Speak? Minion language movie#The Minions have their own movie now, but before 2015, they were seen starring alongside the villain Gru in Despicable Me movies. With their oh-so-cute playfulness and words, they have secured a place in the hearts of millions of fans worldwide-from young kids to teenagers and even older people. Gli (pronounced like the Italian "gli".We have all seen the Despicable Me Series-and loved them, mainly because of the tiny, yellow, bespectacled creatures called Minions. It is worth noting that, in the case of some Minionese words, such as the word for "stop", there is more than one pronunciation (in this case, either "stopa" or "stupa", depending upon how the particular voice actor pronounced the word on screen). In some cases, I have provided a pronunciation example in parentheses right after the word. Some words are equivalent or similar to their English counterparts, others to other real-world languages. I have added some that no other internet site has.which means what I added will also include my own interpretation of any given word or phrase as it translates to English. Below I have broken the minion words and phrases in alphabetical order, given not only concurrence with what else appears on the internet, but upon my own careful hearing and interpretation of the spoken words. ![]() So let's have a look at the minion language. However, before we delve into the language itself, here is a brief video, from Illumination Entertainment's YouTube page, about it: Many people are quite passionate about that too, so you have been forewarned).Īs an additional resource, here is a well-written article about the language and its development. Until then, the minion language is pretty much left up to individual interpretation, as nothing yet posted on the internet falls into the official or canon categories (as noted above, there are various interpretations.and everyone seems to think that theirs is the only correct one. Perhaps either Universal or Illumination will release an official lexicon or phrasebook someday. Many are echoes of what is found on similar sites, and there are also variations on words in the language, based on how they were heard by a certain fan. And there are many internet sites which have a minion lexicon. In the absence of an official Minionese phrase book (from either Universal Pictures or Illumination Entertainment, the copyright owners), anything which can be found on the internet (or elsewhere) about the minion language is simply fan interpretation of what is heard on screen. Of course, there are many instances when the voice actors (Coffin, Renaud and a couple of others) also are speaking gibberish too. The minion language, developed by directors Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud, incorporates aspects of many real-world languages, including French, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Filipino and English.and individual minionese words are mirrors of words from those languages. This is because they are, in fact, doing just that. ![]() However, upon closer analysis, it becomes clear that they are actually speaking words which sound vaguely familiar. During the various movies and mini-movies of the franchise, we hear the minion characters speaking what at first sounds like gibberish. ![]()
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