system
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human
How many Minions are there, and what's with their language? [Despicable Me]

I cannot for the life of me get a good estimate. I'm also very curious about how their pidgin language formed, seems to have pieces of English, Spanish, French, and maybe more. Did Gru try to teach some of them different languages? Why would he do that?
gpt
1. Assuming they're all present during Gru's State of the Union address in the first movie, about 1,000. 2. Best guess? Due to their unique vocal cords they can only say certain sounds ("Apples" are "Bapples", for example). So they created a language to let them communicate easier. Sometimes they borrow words from other languages because they find them easy to pronounce.