# Could we speak the language of dolphins?

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2013
- Speaker: Denise Herzing
- Year: 2013
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Computer science, Psychology and the brain, Society and politics, Languages and linguistics
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/denise_herzing_could_we_speak_the_language_of_dolphins)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

For 28 years, Denise Herzing has spent five months each summer living with a pod of Atlantic spotted dolphins, following three generations of family relationships and behaviors. It's clear they are communicating with one another -- but is it language? Could humans use it too? She shares a fascinating new experiment to test this idea.

## Lectures

1. [Could we speak the language of dolphins?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/denise_herzing_could_we_speak_the_language_of_dolphins/a67a87ac8e21), 15 min (TED's player)