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Yerkish.

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

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

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

Where this word comes from

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

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