Did you know that in a very beautiful part of Oaxaca in Mexico, persons whistle to communicate with others?
Here, the Dr. Mark Sicoli, Assistant Professor of Linguistics at Georgetown University, show how the Chinantec language from people who live in the mountainous region of northern Oaxaca in Mexico, let them communicate freely.
210 - Whistles in the Mist: Whistled Speech in Oaxaca from The Southwest Center-Dan Duncan, on Vimeo.
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