While you may not be able to come up with a precise translation, it will not be difficult to understand what the Minions are saying since there will be many visual cues as to what they try to mean. There will be a lot of gibberish, many perceivable English or near-English words, and some foreign words. Based on the released trailers, the concept of the language will also be the same. The Minions will still be dubbed by the same voices used in Despicable Me (Michael Keaton, Steve Coogan, and Geoffrey Rush). Coffin calls the language silly and thinks it’s even funnier when the audience thinks that the Minions are really communicating with the gibberish they utter. For now, it’s best to rely on what Minions director Pierre Coffin said about the language. It’s safe to say that even the best language interpreters and certified translators cannot provide precise translations for Minion-speak. Maybe these fans have also observed certain patterns that the producers and directors of the Despicable Me and Minions movies failed to realize. Perhaps some eager fans just tried looking for patterns or several fans agreed to designate translations for the different words that these translations appear to have become generally accepted. The producers of the film have not said anything official about the correct translations.Īgain, these translations from the Despicable Me movies are not official. These translations, by the way, are based on the translations provided by various websites and wiki pages. To “analyze” the notable features yourself, skim through the following examples of Minion-speak together with their counterpart words in English and some notes. There’s also a smart use of body language and practically indistinguishable words throughout the Despicable Me movies. The Minions were also heard saying “poulet tiki masala,” which is the French equivalent for “Indian chicken dish.” Demi-onomatopoeias (the use of words that emulate the sound of the things or events they represent) and intentionally mispronounced English words are also incorporated in the Minions language. In the Minions song, there’s the banana and potato. Many will also likely notice the presence of various words that refer to food. Many from the press call it “Minionese” while there are those who call it the “Banana Language,” apparently in reference to the popular Minions song.Īs mentioned, the language is mostly unintelligible or barely intelligible talking with some words from the Spanish, French, Italian, Filipino, and other foreign languages. There is no official name for the language.
On the notes, Coffin said that he mixed up ridiculous-sounding words only because they sounded good but they don’t necessarily mean something.
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Production notes for the Despicable Me movie in 2013 describe the Minions language as plain gibberish mixed with random foreign words.
Most likely, they did not see the little yellow characters becoming popular and getting their own spin-off movie. In other words, Universal did not hire a linguist to invent the banana language or Minion-speak. The directors, Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud, even dubbed the Minions’ voices in the Despicable Me films. In the case of the fictional language, the language is reportedly only a creation of the Despicable Me film’s directors, who are not linguists or language enthusiasts. Linguists were called in to develop them. It’s the same with the Pakuni in the Land of the Lost and Na’vi in Avatar. Star Trek producers hired a linguist to create the Klingon language. There’s nothing new about the introduction of constructed languages in the movies. Still, the question remains: What language do the Minions speak? How do you understand Minion, or so called banana language? Think Ring-ding-ding-ding-dingeringeding from the popular “What Does the Fox Say?” There’s some bit of onomatopoeia, a few comprehensible words in English, and a whole lot of nonsense. Well, compared to some pop songs of today, these lyrics could be just normal even though the language sounds silly.
Most of the words spoken or attributed to the Minions (called banana language) don’t make sense, though. Many Minions language quotes have also figured in popular Internet memes. But can you figure out the banana language that they speak? There’s a song by these little characters that has become a popular Dubsmash track. One of the biggest draws? The minion language. The lovable characters from “Despicable Me” finally had spin-off movie.
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