Yerkish

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An artificial language of lexigrams developed for use by non-human primates.

Pronunciation

/ˈjɜːrkɪʃ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Yerkish.wav

Word forms

Yerkish

Etymology

From Yerkes + -ish, after Robert M. Yerkes, the founder of the laboratory within which the lexigrams were first used.

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