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The Speech of Monkeys
·
R. L. Garner
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I
have
learned
the
food
sound
in
the
dialect
of
the
sooty
Mangaby,
but
I
have
not
been
able
to
record
it
sufficiently
well
to
study;
but
it
is
one
of
the
most
peculiar
sounds
in
the
whole
range
of
Simian
speech.
The
phonetic
elements
are
nearly
like
"wuh-uh-uh,"
but
the
manner
in
which
it
is
delivered
is
very
singular.
It
appears
to
be
intermixed
with
a
peculiar
clucking
sound,
and
each
sound
seems
independent
of
the
other,
although
so
closely
joined
in
their
utterance
as
to
sound
almost
like
they
were
uttered
simultaneously
by
separate
means.
It
is
a
deep
guttural,
below
the
middle
pitch
of
the
human
voice,
while
the
clucking
element
appears
much
higher
in
pitch,
and
the
whole
sound
is
marked
with
a
strong
tremolo
effect.
The
syllables
are
uttered
in
rapid
succession,
and
this
peculiar
sound
under
different
conditions
is
uttered
in
at
least
three
different
degrees
of
pitch
about
an
octave
apart,
but
the
contour
appears
to
me
the
same
in
each.
This
species
talks
but
little,
is
very
shy,
makes
few
friends,
and
is
afraid
of
the
phonograph;
hence
I
have
never
been
able
to
make
a
good
record
of
its
voice.
I
was
cultivating
the
friendship
of
Jim,
who
recently
died
in
Central
Park,
and
we
were
getting
on
the
best
of
terms;
but
the
little
Mangaby
that
survives
him
is
very
shy
and
suspicious.
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