Whistling In The Wind: Preserving A Language Without
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Oct 19, 2016

 

Last week's featured video on KarmaTube received 7714 views and 20 comments. "The last speakers of a language without words reside on La Gomera, one of the smallest islands in Spain’s Canary Islands. "El Silbo," a whistled communication used in rural and isolated areas, is dying out as islanders embrace digital communication and move to cities and the mainland. Even so, El Silbo has a firm place in the island's culture. Some of La Gomera's schools are teaching the language and in 2009, UNESCO declared it a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity." ... Watch: Whistling in the Wind: Preserving a Language Without Words

 

Posted by KarmaTube.org on Oct 19, 2016