Can chimpanzees talk

Answer 1

First answer

In their own form of speaking yes, they can also speak with body language.

Second answer

Captive chimps who have been trained can actually speak a few English words with very, very limited success. This is because that, despite our close genetic relatedness, their vocal anatomy is different from ours. Well, that is not entirely true. Their vocal cords sit very high in their throat just like a human baby, which explains why both cannot produce the same sounds and control the movement of their tongues like adult humans. The only way that a chimp was able to produce human speech in the past is by plugging their nose and inhaling as they spoke the simple words "mama," "papa," and "cup." This is obviously not true speech. It has been suggested that a surgery could place a specimen's vocal cords lower in their throat. But this seems completely unnecessary to me because it's the equivalent of trying to give a human gills. Sure, it may work, but their are reasons both of use don't have these abilities in the first place.

The person above is correct in that they use body language. They also use facial and hand gestures, as well as touch and sound. They rely far more on gestures than they do sound to communicate. This is because gestures are used in close proximity due to them being highly social animals.

Answer 2

in a way they can grunt to make a certain noise and also they can remember the tone of your voice and grunt something in that tone but the overall answeer is no they can't talk.

Answer 3

Apes are incapable of vocalising words as we would recognise them. A very few have been taught sign language in a limited fashion