Re: Silbo, a whistled language

Brad Coon wrote:
>
> Whistled lgs were discussed a year or two ago on this list in response
> to some question I posed.  Ought to be in the Archives.  I have toyed
> with the idea of a purely whistled lg for over 20 years now.  I would
> really like to turn Nova into one.  The big stumbling block for me
> has always been representing it on paper.  Of course with computers
> and various software packages available now, it would probably be
> easier.
        I'll try and see the archives (if I find a time to do that). Thank you
all for your answers. I didn't know whistled languages were so much
spread. Brad, just try and make a whistled lang from Nova, it should be
interesting (even if I'll never be able to pronounce it, I just can't
whistle :( ).

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