Whistled Languages

Thanks Barb

Imagine what might have happened

if our ancestors had decided to stay with

whistling instead of making words

how would our WRITTEN language look today?

😀

Barb Drummond's avatartexthistory

There are about 47 of these, compressed variants of the more normal languages, used, like birds to communicate over long distances especially when visibility is low.

http://www.openculture.com/2015/08/fascinating-whistled-languages-of-the-canary-islands-turkey-mexico.html

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