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Before we invented languages in the plural, where did language come from? No chickens or eggs on this site, mate: here's what the chimps have to say (taken from the Yerkes-Learned Chimpanzee Dictionary):

            m m gahk m m - displeasure

            ui - fear

            a ka a ka - thirst

            ku hu ku hu - pleasure

            uh uh - welcoming a good friend

            gaha gaha - astonishment

            mm mm ghak - Joy at food when hungry

            ngak mm - same as above

            ngak ngak ngak - hunger

            m ä ä m - pleasure when eating

            mm ä mm - curiosity at strange food

Puts the Académie Française to shame, doesn't it?