For humans, because of the diversity of sounds we can make, apparently the only thing approaching a universal word is "huh?" [0]. It'd be interesting to see ho

For humans, because of the diversity of sounds we can make, apparently the only thing approaching a universal word is "huh?" [0]. It'd be interesting to see how many sounds a monkey can make. If it's a very low number there'd probably be more universally used sounds but I'd imagine it's probably greater than most animals. I couldn't find a useful way to search for that. Unfortunately a lot of the results tended towards the "What sound does a monkey make" type of response and I'm not versed enough in linguistics or monkeys to query more efficiently. You can see on the map [1] that the Ivory Coast and Tiwai Island are more than close enough for the monkey's languages to have split off at a much earlier stage and evolved differently. I'd assume this is more likely the case. So I'm going to assume no, a monkey taken and raised elsewhere probably wouldn't instinctually jump into the trees upon hearing a "krak". But even the article states there are more experiments that need to be performed (although that particular experiment is a little insidious considering the intelligence of the animals you're kidnapping from (maybe if you saved one whose parents were incapacitated in some way)). Of course, you could just go to the zoo and yell "krak!" at some of the monkeys and see what happens! Might get you some weird stares! ;-) [0] - http://www.newstatesman.com/martha-gill/2013/11/what-one-word-thats-same-every-language http://www.newstatesman.com/martha-gill/2013/11/what-one-wor... [1] -https://www.google.com/maps/place/Tiwai+Island,+Sierra+Leone/@7.548611,-11.3475,7z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0xf088754b8e50c79:0xdc371ce108f18a1f https://www.google.com/maps/place/Tiwai+Island,+Sierra+Leone...