Here's a creepy fact: did you know the Minions in "Despicable Me" were based on a Nazi experiment? In concentration camps, they would put very heavy metal buckets over the children's heads, which would stunt their growth and cause them to have developmental disorders, hence the garbled speech. These children (mostly Jews, mind you), would come from all over. Germany, Austria-Hungary, Poland, Russia, etc. (Mostly places in Europe and the UK.) Their place of birth is relevant because the language coined as the adorable "Minionese" is a fusion of English, Spanish, Korean, French, Filipino, and Hindi.