Batyr - Lexicon

Lexicon

It is claimed that Batyr had a vocabulary of about 20 words in Russian and Kazakh languages. He reportedly imitated the sounds of other animals, and to have uttered short phrases including words of human slang. Batyr's lexicon list was compiled from audiovisual records, scientific researches and statistical data from eyewitnesses who heard the elephant themselves. Individual and disputable sounds were not considered. All other words as reported by the media were treated as fiction, second-hand and interpretations of retellings. For example, the phrase heard from Batyr as "water" was reported as "the elephant asked to drink".

Full list of words and phrases reported to have been spoken by Batyr:
Using trunk in mouth—

• "Баты́р" — Batyr — said abruptly;
• "Я" — I'm — very abruptly, in combination with his name, using long pronunciation so "I'm-Batyr", sounded almost together;
• "Ба́ты́р" — Batyr — thoughtfully-tenderly and lingeringly;
• "Батыр, Батыр, Батыр…" — Batyr, Batyr, Batyr — joyfully running in a cage;
• "Воды́" — Water — ask;
• "Хоро́ший" — Good — as in "good fellow";
• "Батыр хоро́ший" — Good Batyr;
• "Ой-ё-ёй" — Oh-yo — sonorously;
• "Дурак" — Fool — seldom and abruptly;
• "Плохой" — Bad — rarely;
• "Батыр плохой" — Bad Batyr — rarely;
• "Иди́" — Go;
• "Иди (на) хуй" — Go onto penis similar to the English expression — obscene Russian slang; said first and only time during a telecast shooting;
• "Хуй" — Russian slang for penis — seldom and abruptly;
• "Ба́-ба" — short form of "babushka" — grandmother; short children's sound "ba";
• "Да́" — Yes;
• "Дай" — Give (me);
• "Дай-дай-дай" — Give, give, give;
• "Раз-два-три" — One, two, three — while dancing, turning and hopping.

Others sounds:

• A human-like whistle;
• Human speech allegedly uttered at infrasonic and ultrasonic frequencies;
• A gnashing sound imitative of rubber or polyfoam (foam plastic) on glass;
• The peep of rats or mice;
• The bark of dogs;
• The natural blares of elephants.