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Yerkish

[ yur-kish ]

noun

  1. an experimental language for communicating with apes, using symbols consisting of geometric shapes.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Yerkish1

1970–75; Yerk(es) (Regional Primate Research Center, at Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia) + -ish 1

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