Yerkish
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Yerkes + -ish, after Robert M. Yerkes, the founder of the laboratory within which the lexigrams were first used.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Yerkish
- An artificial language of lexigrams developed for use by non-human primates.
- 2022, Morten H. Christiansen, Nick Chater, chapter 8, in The Language Game […] , →ISBN:
- Kanzi's ability to ‘speak’ in Yerkish and understand English is impressive.
