Posted on Sep 29, 2018

The Turkish Villagers That Don't Speak, But Whistle

LTC Stephen Conway

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This is very interesting! I didn't know there could be up a 250 words translated by bird whistling! I really can't , but people do it perfectly! I hope they keep their language. This looks like a nice part of Turkey. I wouldn't be surprised they get snow in the winter time.

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Maj Robert Thornton

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Interesting, I noted they also whistle names. I take it that they also actually speak the spoken word? The whistling seems to carry some distance as well.

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SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth

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I believe they had a show on PBS one time about them.

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Sgt Wayne Wood

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Check out Basque Shepherds

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LTC Stephen Conway

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This communication probably goes back 10,000 years then

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LTC Stephen Conway

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Sylbo, The Last Speakers of the Lost Whistling Language | TIME

In the age of mobile phones, the remaining "speakers" of a dying whistling language try to preserve a vital means of communication over vast distances. Subsc...

This one is from the Canary Islands.
https://youtu.be/C0CIRCjoICA

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Sgt Wayne Wood

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There is a LARGE Basque community in the northern Sacramento valley in California.

All the rodeos have herding dog competitions. The Basques always win. Never a spoken word.

I’ve heard of the Canary Islanders... i’ve seen the Basque.

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