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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yerkish

/ˈjɜːrkɪʃ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
yerk-ish
IPA
/ˈjɜːrkɪʃ/
17
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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

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Etymology

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

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Questions

How do you pronounce yerkish?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈjɜːrkɪʃ/.
What does yerkish mean?
An artificial language of lexigrams developed for use by non-human primates.
Where does yerkish come from?
From Yerkes + -ish, after Robert M. Yerkes, the founder of the laboratory within which the lexigrams were first used.

How to pronounce yerkish

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