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We may have little choice. Now they have become the stars
of their own self-titled, full-length movie, the Minions are
more inescapable than ever. In the movie we learn that
they have served many masters the world over, so it makes
a bit more sense that they couldnt be held to just one
earthly language.
Whats intriguing is
that the creators and
voices of the Minions,
Pierre Con and
Chris Renaud, havent
actually made up a
new language at all.
Minionese is in fact a
Frankensteins
monster of a
language, stitched
together from odd
phrases here and
there which will be
familiar to dierent people the world over. Gelato from
Italian means the same thing, ice cream, when said by the
Minions. The Minions word for thank you, terimakasi, is
borrowed from Indonesian. Para ti is for you in
Esperanto (itself a mish-mash of other languages),
extremely close to the Minionese para tu. Its also why
those parts of the world acquainted with curry will laugh
for both recognition and absurdity when the phrase Open
sesame is replaced with Poulet tiki masala!, a rough
approximation of the most popular curry in the UK, chicken
tikka massala.
Minionese-English Phrasebook
I know you wanted one so heres your cut-out-and-throw-
away phrasebook.
Bello Hello
Poopaye Goodbye
Baboi Toy
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Akkadian + Nua
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Finally Doors
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lisa peterman
September 16, 2015 at 12:08 am
http://www.z-x.com/minions-banana-
language-translated/
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Andy Smith
May 9, 2016 at 1:26 pm
I *thought* it sounded like Esperanto
when I saw the movie!
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Halinka
October 27, 2016 at 9:49 am
I want Nederlands
Grrrr ! ! ! " " "
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