Why Do the Minions Sound Like That? How Random Menu Items, Rosamund Pike and Six Semitones Helped Create the Minionese Language

By Alex Ritman

Alex Ritman

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Despite having voiced almost every single Minion since the yellow creatures’ grand cinematic entrance in 2010’s “Despicable Me,” Pierre Coffin admits that — much to the disappointment of many people he meets — their high-pitched gibberish is not something he’s able to perform on cue.

“If you asked me to do the Minions voice right now, I just couldn’t do it,” he tells Variety with the resigned sigh of someone who is requested to say “Bello!” and “Banana!” rather a lot.

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