Just in time for summer, Diana Ross has released the party-ready jam, “Turn Up the Sunshine” - her new collaboration with Australian multi-instrumentalist Kevin Parker, better known as Tame Impala. The song is slated to appear on the upcoming soundtrack for the animated film, Minions: The Rise of Gru.

The Minions speak Minionese, sometimes called “the Banana language”. Minionese is what's known as a constructed language – or “conlang”. Conlangs are often a feature of works of fantasy and science fiction.

The minion language is partially gibberish but much of it is the funniest words they could find in a language. For example banana, bottom, buddy, hello, are all funny so they do this with many languages and it makes a choppy language.

Minionese, as it became known, is a synthesis of various languages, including English, Filipino, French, Hindi, Korean, and even Spanish, despite the fact that Minions don't speak a language. The fictional male species of yellow animals are infamous for their childish antics and mostly unintelligible language.

The film shows that the Minions existed in the Cretaceous Period since they interact with a Tyrannosaurus rex in the film. Therefore, the Minions have been around for at least 60 million years.

The Minions Speak Minonese Therefore, the human characters in the Despicable Me movies can understand the generally nonsensical gibberish that the Minions speak, which is partially borrowed from various languages like French, English, Japanese, Korean, Italian, Spanish, and German.

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Parents need to know that Minions: The Rise of Gru is a Despicable Me prequel/origin story about how young 11-year-old Gru (voiced by Steve Carell) began his life of villainy.

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Words in the Minion Language The language spoken by Minions includes words from French, English, Spanish, Hindi, and Korean. Apart from the hurried stream of words that they speak, some words stand out from the others - particularly the word Minions love to say - “banana!”.

11-year-old An 11-year-old boy who dreams of becoming the world's baddest supervillain.

Felonius Gru Felonious Gru, or Felonius Gru, referred to simply as Gru, is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the Despicable Me film series. Voiced by American actor Steve Carell, he has appeared in all five films in the series.