Ape Sign Language

• An Internet Chat with Koko the Gorilla  - Transcript of an internet conversation with Koko the gorilla which took place in 1998.
• Chimpanzee and Human Communication Institute  - Home to a family of chimpanzees who have acquired the knowledge of the American Sign Language – a scientific feat that allows for human communication with apes.
• Georgia State University Language Research Center  - Engages in cognitive and behavioral research with chimpanzees and monkeys.
• The Gorilla Foundation  - Aims to bring interspecies communication and save gorillas from extinction.
• Language in Child and Chimp?  - General commentary on apes using the human language.
• Languages in Apes - How Much Do They Know and How Much Should We Teach Them  - Provides information on how apes communicate in the wild and shows the rationale behind the drive and research to teach the animals the rudiments of the human language.
• Primate Use of Language  - Presentation on the possibility of interspecies communication. By Lauren Kosseff of Tufts University's Department of Psychology.
• Primatech Project  - Provides details about the project that seeks to stimulate an orangutan to use sign-language.
• Talking with Chimps  - Article about primates' understanding and communication efforts in using the human language.