20 Mind-Blowing Facts About The Minions
1. The Minions Have An Actual Language
Although the Minions seem to be speaking gibberish with the occasional English word mixed in, the truth is a lot more complex. Minions speak "minionese," a polyglot pidgin that borrows words from many different languages.
The filmmakers have yet to release a full translation of any Minions movie, but they swear that every word the Minions speak corresponds to a word in English. Sometimes those words are just slightly tweaked from English, like "bello" for "hello," "tank yu" for "thank you" and "papayo" for "bye-bye."
Other times, the words are borrowed from Japanese ("Kampai," cheers), Spanish ("Para tu," for you), Tagalog ("Pwede na," can we start?) or some other language, even Furbish ("Wee-tee-toh-toh!", let's sing!).
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