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Anyone who wants to be a "Silbador"?

Let me tell you that it's not an English word, so please don't look it in the dictionary especially who don't know Spanish:)

Don't worry, I'm not going to talk about anything else except language as it's a language hub. I came to know about a language that uses "whistle" as a mode to communicate with others. And let me tell you that you can talk to your friend living in the 5 Kilometres radius without using any mobile phone. Isn't it cool? It is the inhabitants of "La Gomera" who communicate across deep ravines by means of a whistled speech called "Silbo Gomero". Here is some information you might want to know.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Gomera (One of Spain's Canary island)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silbo_Gomero (The language spoken by the populace)

I got fascinated by this language when I came to know that people still use this mode of communication in the 21st century. You don't have to focus more on Grammar, vocabulary, phrases or idioms. You just have to be a good whistleblower( do not consider its English meaning):) Well, it has its own syntax and vocabulary which might not be like the languages we are learning here.

In some places whistling is not considered as a good manner but what these innocent and pretty language has to do with that? Now, they are on the verge of extinction but thank God, the Government is now taking necessary steps to make it alive by teaching this language to the students in the schools. 

We all are busy in learning the languages those are required for us to achieve something but what about these kinds of endangered languages, maybe it's time to make a sanctuary for them like we are doing now for the wild lives.

Any other information and thoughts which you consider relevant would be highly appreciated.

Thank you:)

19 de may. de 2017 14:57
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There is an indigenous language of south-western Mexico called Mazatec. It's a tonal language, and the system of tones is so complex that it can be whistled, and indeed it's possible to carry out an entire conversation in the language just by whistling the tones.

Here's an example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quZYEXDNaKo

There are some Mazatec speakers here on italki if you're interested in learning more about the language.

20 de mayo de 2017
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=)  We have a similar culture in turkey. They called "Bird language". 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hK-OsYfmlQ4

You can see the distance in this video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHPTwvIXUmA

19 de mayo de 2017
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I also find this language very interesting, but as Melissa, I can't whistle. :-(
20 de mayo de 2017
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That's very interesting! But I have never been able to whistle, so if this was a class, I would fail miserably. Haha. My brother can whistle very well, and I've always been a bit envious. :)
20 de mayo de 2017
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Their geographic features are very similar. 
19 de mayo de 2017
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