Language Stew - Why Minionese is Made up of Several Languages First, however, he needed to ground Minionese in it's own personal history, and that was achieved by realizing the Minions have been around a lot longer than we have. While the creation of Minionese makes narrative sense now that the Minions have a rich backstory (more on that in a bit), Coffin's goal was for the audience to understand Minionese without actually knowing the exact verbiage through the Minions huge range of vocal melodies and inflections, as well as their physical actions. So what, exactly, is Minionese? It's the lexical version of a hearty stew, made up of words from multiple languages, expressed not only vocally, but through the Minions' physical comedy. They communicate through their Buster Keaton-level physical comedy and a language called Minionese. They're all voiced by the same man, director Pierre Coffin, creator of their language. They're on a mission to find a new master (this is a prequel to Despicable Meand Despicable Me 2, so they haven't met Gru yet), a mission they've been on, it turns out, for centuries.

In Universal Pictures' Minions, the three lead Minions are Kevin, the “big brother,” protector and leader, Stuart, the rebellious “middle brother,” and Bob, the innocent, eager “little brother” who loves everyone and everything.

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