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The Speech of Monkeys
·
R. L. Garner
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[Sidenote:
ALPHABET
FOR
SIMIAN
SPEECH]
This
is
only
one
of
a
great
many
points
in
which
the
speech
of
Simians
coincides
with
that
of
man.
It
is
true
we
have
no
letters
in
our
alphabet
with
which
to
represent
the
sounds
of
their
speech,
nor
have
we
the
phonetic
equivalence
of
their
speech
in
our
language;
but
it
is
also
true
that
our
alphabet
does
not
fully
represent
or
correctly
express
the
entire
phonetic
range
of
our
own
speech;
but
the
fact
that
our
speech
is
not
founded
upon
the
same
phonetic
basis,
or
built
up
into
the
same
phonetic
structures,
is
no
reason
that
their
speech
is
not
as
truly
speech
as
our
own.
That
there
are
no
letters
in
any
alphabet
which
represent
the
phonetic
elements
of
Simian
speech,
is
doubtless
due
to
the
fact
that
there
has
never
been
any
demand
for
such;
but
the
same
genius
which
invented
an
alphabet
for
human
speech,
actuated
by
the
same
motives
and
led
by
the
same
incentives,
could
as
easily
invent
an
alphabet
for
Simian
speech.
It
is
not
only
true
that
the
phonetic
elements
of
our
language
are
not
represented
by
the
characters
of
our
alphabet,
but
the
same
is
true
to
some
extent
of
our
words,
which
do
not
quite
keep
pace
with
human
thought.
In
the
higher
types
of
human
speech
there
are
thousands
of
words
and
ideas
which
cannot
be
translated
into
or
expressed
by
any
savage
tongue,
because
no
savage
ever
had
use
for
them,
and
no
savage
tongue
contains
their
equivalence.
The
growth
of
speech
is
always
measured
by
the
growth
of
mind.
They
are
not
always
of
the
same
extent,
but
always
bear
a
common
ratio.
It
is
a
mental
product,
and
must
be
equal
to
the
task
of
coining
thoughts
into
words.
It
is
essential
to
all
social
order,
and
no
community
could
long
survive
as
such
without
it.
It
is
as
much
the
product
of
mind
and
matter
as
salt
is
the
product
of
chlorine
and
sodium.
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