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Whistling language

After almost dying out in the 1970s, a kind of whistling language is now undergoing a revival正處於復甦

Silbo Gomero, as it's known, has become a compulsory義務 subject in one school in Spain's Canary Islands.

The whistling approximates the sounds of the Spanish language.

It can be heard from two miles away, and was used to communicate across valleys山谷 and ravines峽谷 before the arrival of telephones.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2013/01/130116_vwitn_whistling_language.shtml

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