busuu.com to the rescue of....the Silbo Gomero

http://www.busuu.com - funny video about a nearly extinct whistled language from a small Spanish island...This language can now be learned at busuu.com - the free language learning community

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[mistasage]

that's amazing. wonder if they can communicate with R2-D2...

[Androvich91]

The Canary islands are southwest of Spain retard.

[xTheDeathSaintx]

@jieyangko well if your allies can hear it, assume the enemy can too

[jieyangko]

@xTheDeathSaintx guerilla warfare? I wonder whistling with such pitch can reach the ears of the enemy or not.

[AxierNigromante]

@Englishguyproduction is serious, my father went to Islas Canarias. They gave my father something and he hid it, then, a woman came and the guide told her with whistles were the object was, She found it.

[Englishguyproduction]

CAN'T TELL IF TROLLING OR SERIOUS.

[liah14]

im in love with this culture !!! i have origins from this place !! xD

one day if i do get to visit the canary islands i will make sure to learn some silbo :P

[xTheDeathSaintx]

@TheAmazingTwist this is cause there using it more conversationally. think if they talk short. like code words. and even then ive herd birds do long chirps before. this is something you wouldnt notice unless you were looking for it

[TheAmazingTwist]

@xTheDeathSaintx they're too drawn out to sound anything like bird calls

[SilentBombr]

That's crazy hahaha

[xTheDeathSaintx]

@TheAmazingTwist when your on foreign territory do you reallt read up on " bird calls"? lol its a very subtle thing, great for guerilla warfare

[joediditagain]

Click, click, whistle, hurrr, durrrr