Minion language (by Michelle Chan)

I think many of you are familiar with these cute yellow creatures in the video and like them a lot. They are the Minions from the movies "Despicable Me" and "Despicable Me 2", who were the henchmen of Gru, the main character in the movie. They rose to fame particularly after the release of "Despicable Me 2" in summer, 2013, in which their appeared much more often than they were in the first movie. Suddenly the Minions got a lot of fans, and many people are interested in their language. What they said seemed nonsense yet a bit familiar. Below are some of the translations of Minion language:

Minion language is in fact an example of language mixing. Unlike Chinglish and Spanglish, which include only two languages, Minion language consists of various human languages. Some words are imitated from English, while other words are in foreign languages like French, Spanish and Italian. So the Minions are not talking nonsense. They in fact know a lot of languages!

Human language	Words	Meaning
English	Bello Papple Tank yu	Hello Apple Thank you
Spanish	Para tu La boda	For you Marriage
Italian	Gelato Ti amo	Ice cream I love you
Japanese	Kampai	Cheers
Korean	Hana, Dul, Sae	One, two, three

Minion language is also an example of fictional language. Fictional language is a virtual language that is created as part of a fictional setting like books and movies. Examples include the Middle-earth language in J.R.R. Tolkien's book "The Hobbits", the Na'vi language in the movie "Avatar", and the Simlish in the video game "The Sims". Most of these fictional languages are created by linguists hired by the developers, and were normally imitations of different human languages. As for the Minion language, some press reports said that the directors of the movie created the language themselves.

It was announced that Universal pictures will release a movie all about Minions in 2015. It's really not easy to create a fictional language. I wonder how we can understand the movie if it is all in Minion language. Is it by adding subtitles? Why do you think fictional languages are created? What are the effects of creatures speaking fictional language instead of human language? Feel free to leave comments if you have any ideas!