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Silbo Gomero language

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AML
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10 January 2014 at 12:04am | IP Logged 
Today I learned about the whistling language, Silbo Gomero, which comes from the Canary Islands. How
fascinating! Do any of you know it? Any Canary Island folk on this forum?

Here are two short videos about these means of communication:
Silbo video #1
Silbo video #2

It likely came from Africa ages ago and nearly died out a few decades ago. Now it is a compulsory subject for all school children.
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daristani
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10 January 2014 at 1:19am | IP Logged 
Turkey also has a village, named "Kuskoy" (Bird Village) where people use a whistling language to talk at distances. Here's an article about it, with a video clip:

http://www.eurasianet.org/node/65658
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ScottScheule
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10 January 2014 at 7:57pm | IP Logged 
Yiou might be interested in Solresol, too.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solresol


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