Animals use of LANGUAGE has insisted on repeatedly adding statements that animals such as apes horses and dogs use language Below are comments from her talk page for others to read and respond I mean no personal offense but it is clear that you know little or nothing about the linguistics of sign language Sign language like any other language consists of signs grammatical rules and syntax It s not just a conglomeration of gestures that we call signs Animals do NOT use language regardless of what a source might say To say that animals use sign language is equivalent to saying that if I learn 10 words in a foreign language that I can speak that language Adding a source to something that is wrong does not mean that it should stay in the article If I add a source to Moon stating that it is made of cheese that doesn t mean it is correct and should remain in the article Please familiarize yourself with the linguistics of sign language start by reading every article related to American Sign Language before adding outrageous information about animals using sign language I have used American Sign Language for 30 years and I still don t consider myself fluent in it I also have read the research on attempts to teach signs to animals not grammar not syntax just SIGNS To state that an animal that responds to a few signs is using language is absurd If you can find two or three peer reviewed articles in a journal on lingusitics claiming definitively that animals use language I will stand corrected Again no personal offense but reliable sources are necessary for editing but alone they are not necessarily sufficient I would never edit an article on nuclear physics just because I read an article on the internet about the topic some articles require more than a source or two to edit properly they require competence in the subject matter Do you know the first language babies can learn sign language They are not able to use proper grammar rules and syntax but they are able to communicate using sign language the same goes for gorillas and chimps additionally humans use sign language to communicate with dogs and horses i don t see what the problem is jessica I m not talking about babies Of course babies can learn sign language children of deaf adults do it every day I m talking about animals such as chimps and gorillas who do not use language Communication is not the same thing as language Please read about language Language is more than words or signs For the third time LANGUAGE HAS RULES Gorillas chimps dogs and horses DO NOT USE THE RULES OF LANGUAGE At most they use or respond to words or signs If I point to something that I want I AM NOT USING LANGUAGE I am using gestures Stop edit warring on this matter because every linguist in the world disagrees with you