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| Patchy Newbie Joined 5113 days ago 25 posts - 46 votes Speaks: English* | Message 1 of 5 01 July 2011 at 10:03pm | IP Logged |
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Tenerife, Spain.
Many of you will probably know that here in the Canaries we have a system of whistled speech used by some of the inhabitants. I and some friends regularly use it when we're too far apart for normal speech or shouting. Similar systems exist in many parts of the world, such as in Turkey, Greece, Senegal, The United States. But I'm amazed by how little information or apparent interest there is on the subject in the media, including the internet. I figured that there would surely be some interest on this site, as I know that many of you often dissect the finer details of many aspects of many languages. Does anybody else here communicate by whistling, or have you ever seen it in use in the various parts of the world where it has been practiced for hundreds and thousands of years? I hope to visit some of these places next year, and would appreciate any information on them. Best wishes, Patchy. 3 persons have voted this message useful | |
| alang Diglot Senior Member Canada Joined 7206 days ago 563 posts - 757 votes  Speaks: English*, Spanish | Message 2 of 5 02 July 2011 at 4:15pm | IP Logged |
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Why not search for whistled language in Wikipedia and Youtube. Roger Whitaker was a whistling musician that was exposed to some of it in Kenya. I posted on a thread about a documentary on whistling called "Pucker up and whistle." There are various ways of whistling and one man in the show said he has strong lungs, possibly due to whistling so much. The Canary islands and Kusköy, Turkey were covered briefly. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Patchy Newbie Joined 5113 days ago 25 posts - 46 votes Speaks: English* | Message 3 of 5 03 July 2011 at 11:52am | IP Logged |
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Indeed! I've just checked out Roger Whittaker and the Pucker Up documentary. 'Interesting stuff. But again, they don't seem to focus on whistling as language (in articulated whistled language nobody "puckers", or lip-whistles, but rather uses the tongue and teeth and often a finger or two to produce a much louder and more variable sound). Yes, I've also wikied and youtubed the subject and; apart from one very interesting but very short clip from the BBC on the Turkish whistlers, all the little there is to be found is on the Spanish whistling which I already know and practice. Not one mention or video-clip did I find on the people who whistle in Greek (Greece), Siberian (United States and Russia), or any of the various regional and tribal languages whistled in Mexico, western Africa and so many other places. I'm also amazed at how few people are interested in actually learning this quite unique form of language. Even on this site dedicated to language and languages the interest in learning (or even finding out about) articulated whistling seems to be as close to nil as anywhere else. I'd like to know why. Is it that people feel that they'd never have any chance of learning it (which would be far from the truth, as it's quite easy to learn) or is it that they don't really believe it exists or works (which it certainly does, if only by very small minorities) or maybe it's just that practically everybody (except yours truly) finds the whole subject boring (while many are fascinated by such obscure subjects; as I also am, by the way; as the vagaries and variations of velarisation of Russian or Gaelic consonants). Who knows? Best wishes, Patchy. 3 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Duke100782 Bilingual Diglot Senior Member Philippines https://talktagalog.Registered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4473 days ago 172 posts - 240 votes Speaks: English*, Tagalog* Studies: Spanish, Mandarin | Message 4 of 5 02 September 2012 at 2:21pm | IP Logged |
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Patchy, is this language Silbo? If you're inclined towards the idea, perhaps you could post a few videos on
YouTube of you or other people communicating in this whistled language. I for one would definitely be interested in watching a short clip or listening to a recording of this whistled language. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Patchy Newbie Joined 5113 days ago 25 posts - 46 votes Speaks: English* | Message 5 of 5 25 July 2017 at 2:11pm | IP Logged |
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Yes indeed, the Spanish word for "whistle"
is "silbo", so that's how the Canarian Whistle Language is often known as. I've got a video of myself and some friends whistling to each other on Spain's highest mountain, in Africa. It's in Spanish, with plenty whistling. You'll find it if you youtube the words "silbando en Canarias". 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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