Yerkish

Yerkish is an artificial language developed for use by non-human primates. It employs a keyboard whose keys contain lexigrams, symbols corresponding to objects or ideas.

Key facts

Language.name: Yerkish
Language.nativename: Lexigram
Language.speakers: 4 (apes)
Language.image: Yerkish Juice.svg
Language.imagecaption: The Yerkish lexigram for "juice"
Language.creator: Ernst von Glasersfeld
Language.setting: Use a keyboard to punch keys with logograms
Language.fam2: Animal language
Language.iso3: none
Language.glotto: none
Language.ietf: art-x-yerkish

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Context
Design considerations
Lexigram concept
Interface
Keyboard
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Yerkish is an artificial language developed for use by non-human primates. It employs a keyboard whose keys contain lexigrams, symbols corresponding to objects or ideas.

Lexigrams were notably used by the Georgia State University Language Research Center to communicate with bonobos and chimpanzees. Researchers and primates were able to communicate using lexigram boards made in up to three panels with a total of 384 keys.