The Minions speak a made-up language known as Minionese, sometimes called "the Banana language". Minionese is a constructed language, or "conlang," that is a synthesis of various languages, including English, Filipino, French, Hindi, Korean, and even Spanish. The language is mostly unintelligible, but it contains bits and pieces of recognizable words from different languages. The Minions also tend to throw random food vocabulary into their language, including banana, poulet (which means "chicken" in French), and Tikka Masala (which is a popular Indian dish). Speaking like a Minion involves making incomprehensible sounds with words from different languages thrown in, and the language has a lot of resemblance with baby-talk.