It is rumored that the film's directors, Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud, have created the minion's language all by themselves. The directors, however, denied these rumors. Coffin said, "I have (the minions) speak Indian, French, English, Spanish, and Italian. I mix up all these ridiculously sounding words just because they sound good, not because they necessarily mean something." Coffin has the minions speak nonsense because it's hilarious, not because there is an encrypted message in the words. To further deny the rumors, Renaud admitted that many of the minions' words are actually foreign names of food from other countries.
Amidst the directors' statements, some die-hard minion fans who have a lot of free time deciphered a few of the minions' words. These sounds that the minions make are used often throughout the movie to refer to specific things. Here is a list of a few of these words:
Without the minions, the Despicable Me series will not be as successful as it has been. The minions are vital to the stories- not only do they provide a significant amount of humor, but they also help depict the evil villain Gru as the good guy. Most viewers will only see the minion language as nonsense, but what if the language actually made sense? What if the random sounds had meaning to them? What if understanding what they are saying can completely change our viewing experience? Perhaps what they are saying can convey a secret message, and being able to understand this message will make us view the movie from different perspectives. Who knows, maybe they are only saying random names of exotic food. But maybe, just maybe, the minions are trying to tell us something. They could be discussing politics, or they could be foreshadowing what might occur later on in the movie.
Several other movies with "make-believe" characters actually hired linguists to devise an entire language system for their characters. For example, Avatar has the Na'vi language and Star Trek has Klingon. As an avid minion fan, I truly hope that one day, the minions will have an entire language for themselves. Whether that language already exists, no one (except for the makers of the movie) may ever know. As for now, we just have to take the minions' "nonsense" for what it is and enjoy it as purely comedic gibberish.
Is it just nonsense???......
Or is there actually meaning???.....
