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  • In the age of mobile phones, the remaining "speakers" of a dying whistling language try to preserve a vital means of communication over vast distances.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 10 тис.

  • @XanMcC
    @XanMcC 4 роки тому +4066

    Imagine getting jumped by a gang and one of them says: Tweet tweet tweet

  • @fraser2636
    @fraser2636 4 роки тому +8843

    They could be bullshitting us and we wouldn’t even realise

    • @justadude420
      @justadude420 4 роки тому +228

      This is true.

    • @oioioi6664
      @oioioi6664 4 роки тому +67

      OMG😂😂😂😂

    • @King-kf1mi
      @King-kf1mi 4 роки тому +12

      You play rainbow six siege?

    • @polarisation
      @polarisation 4 роки тому +5

      @@King-kf1mi WHATS IN THE CANISTER???

    • @polarisation
      @polarisation 4 роки тому +2

      @@King-kf1mi if we get the other dudes name maybe we can play together tommorow (EU tho)

  • @arcticpolyglots
    @arcticpolyglots 4 роки тому +4949

    “Each time a language dies, another flame goes out, another sound goes silent.” ― Ariel Sabar

    • @allengregiryz4life899
      @allengregiryz4life899 4 роки тому +46

      that's beautiful and sad. great quote.

    • @jslearner
      @jslearner 4 роки тому +11

      The world would actually be a better place if we all could speak one language irrespective of that one language. This quote means nothing, it just sounds nice.
      ADDITION: In your original post you stated that this was ethnocentric. I haven't judged any culture as inferior or superior. I haven't even suggested which language should be the singular language. I purposely avoided that in fact. Maybe you realized this so you edited it out.

    • @melissadavidson5024
      @melissadavidson5024 4 роки тому +32

      @@jslearner i don't agree with that at all... better for the ppl whose language was chosen to be spoken? I think it is wonderful we have diversity in this world and a little bit of something different... even if it's just a language... to call our own in a vast universe. Plus it gets ppl interested in learning other languages. That's like saying this world would be better if we only ate Chinese food or listened to classic rock. But i respectfully disagree with ur statement as mine is just an opinion as well. I do understand why it seems the world would be better under one language...i feel it would be easier but not better

    • @jslearner
      @jslearner 4 роки тому +11

      @@melissadavidson5024 What you said sounds beautiful, you even used the magic "diversity" word. A common language would allow people to communicate thoughts and ideas. It would allow people to correct misconception and solve social problems without interpretation. It would allow business to operate without the language barrier. There is a reason why there is something called "the language barrier". When you go through the act of interpretation, which I do in a number of meetings throughout the week, there is something lost in that translation. Also, Do you feel like you are eating one type of food when you listen to music/song, just because it is all in one language. An honest answer is "no". It is efficient. These are objective reasons why one language would be better. It is not an opinion. It is truth.

    • @melissadavidson5024
      @melissadavidson5024 4 роки тому +9

      @@jslearner its okay that we can agree to disagree ;) i had a bf from another country for a few years so i totally get the language barrier it was rough esp when we argued but in hindsight i wouldnt have traded the experience for anything i learned a lot about body language and myself. But it was in hindsight so i totally get it

  • @franciscogarcia6776
    @franciscogarcia6776 4 роки тому +395

    Imagine getting into a argument with someone in this language

    • @tonih4674
      @tonih4674 3 роки тому +75

      Imagine getting yelled at by your mom in a language that carries seven kilometers.

    • @Alph92
      @Alph92 3 роки тому +12

      @@tonih4674 yup, can't hide on any mountain without your friends on the surroundng mountains hearing how you get your ass handed to you.

    • @elliottbritt3937
      @elliottbritt3937 3 місяці тому +1

      You’re gonna need a slide whistle

    • @3nertia
      @3nertia 3 місяці тому +3

      @@tonih4674 Well, with that sort of distance, you have really no excuse for being late for dinner ...

  • @strongoria7069
    @strongoria7069 4 роки тому +4880

    Maybe that annoying guy at every concert with the whistle was really just singing along ...

  • @sarahanwan
    @sarahanwan 4 роки тому +1954

    They have a whole language made up a whistling while I can’t whistle

  • @jayhedley457
    @jayhedley457 4 роки тому +2685

    No one:
    Absolutely no one:
    UA-cam: Today we have decided that you are of the select few that have been chosen to be reccomend the lost art of the whistle language.

  • @tim_kiprop
    @tim_kiprop 4 роки тому +328

    The fact that the students laughed means that this language is spontaneous and special.

  • @vvvvinvasion
    @vvvvinvasion 4 роки тому +2623

    Plot twist: they're literally all just whistling and the editors just added random subtitles

    • @NWAforLifee
      @NWAforLifee 4 роки тому +8

      Miley Wadlinger 😂

    • @nabberbabbler
      @nabberbabbler 4 роки тому +4

      Imagine lmaoooo

    • @jamesmartinez1633
      @jamesmartinez1633 4 роки тому +48

      I could hear it with a dash of Spanish. Similar to someone mumbling or humming a song. You can still hear the tone/frequency of the sound and make/put patterns together that your brain can recognize. automatically.

    • @slowthegamedownjustalittle4629
      @slowthegamedownjustalittle4629 4 роки тому +14

      Plot twist: they're just doing bird calls and they made it a documentary on some made up island

    • @aeromanalan
      @aeromanalan 4 роки тому +7

      Miley Wadlinger I thought the same!!! Like what if all the people of this island came up with this elaborate prank just to be on the news😂

  • @DrummaBoy202
    @DrummaBoy202 4 роки тому +7841

    Imagine not being able to whistle and this is the standard language. You’re definitely going to be in special ed

    • @annav6037
      @annav6037 4 роки тому +432

      I wonder if any people who cannot talk but can make some noises would do better with this language

    • @annlee9966
      @annlee9966 4 роки тому +70

      Hahahah genuinely brought me joy reading this hahah

    • @Verbally.autistic
      @Verbally.autistic 4 роки тому +42

      @@annav6037 oddly enough making certain noises is talking

    • @abraham115
      @abraham115 4 роки тому +6

      Kripple Hippo 😂

    • @jmoreno1011
      @jmoreno1011 4 роки тому +3

      Kripple Hippo 😭😭😂😂😂

  • @jonnyzuma6884
    @jonnyzuma6884 4 роки тому +241

    It actually makes a lot of sense, given the topography and the way whistle sounds carry. You’d be able to speak to someone from mountain top to mountaintop

    • @guillej47
      @guillej47 2 роки тому +33

      Ive lived in La Gomera for many years and that sir, was exactly the point of silbo.

    • @sarahmoorman6936
      @sarahmoorman6936 5 місяців тому

      but doesn't regular speech echo well enough if you put the diaphragm to work? (vocal major here) lol@@guillej47

  • @caroli393
    @caroli393 4 роки тому +431

    I'm from Canary Islands and it's so amazing to see one of our most beloved traditions getting known around the globe.
    Thank you so much for this, TIME

    • @L-S
      @L-S 2 роки тому +1

      Hey don't gonna lied this language is very cool and useful too! If i could learn it i definitely will!

    • @Hydro2oo9
      @Hydro2oo9 Рік тому +3

      Me encantan las Islas Canarias. Ya he estado en Gran Canaria y Lanzarote pero voy a Tenerife y la Gomera en tres semanas y es probable que viaje a Fuerteventura el año que viene. Un saludo desde Inglaterra.

    • @MIDEVILKING26
      @MIDEVILKING26 Рік тому +1

      @@Hydro2oo9 si siempre hay muchos de inglaterra y dinamarca en Canarias. Me acuerdo me fui Al sur de Gran Canaria con mi familia y casi todos eran de inglaterra o dinamarca

  • @mattfromwiisports7779
    @mattfromwiisports7779 4 роки тому +6393

    Recent video of mine is to spread awareness of Barbie abuse😡

  • @roronoazoro2496
    @roronoazoro2496 4 роки тому +15030

    My friend who can't whistle will be considered mute in this society.

    • @owner8290
      @owner8290 4 роки тому +398

      My whistle who can’t mute will be considered friend in this society.

    • @cinnamoroIIz
      @cinnamoroIIz 4 роки тому +337

      My society who can’t friend will be considered whistle in this mute.

    • @dailak835
      @dailak835 4 роки тому +282

      My will can’t be considered this friend who whistle in mute society.

    • @boopsuwooo1685
      @boopsuwooo1685 4 роки тому +234

      My society who can’t mute will be considered in this my friend

    • @oxfordcommaisthegreatest
      @oxfordcommaisthegreatest 4 роки тому +216

      My can't who whistle friend will be society considered in this mute.

  • @ecenbt
    @ecenbt 3 роки тому +134

    Super interesting that the exact same way of communication through whistling also exist in a small village of Turkey, based on the turkish language, named kuşdili (bird language), and it was invented exactly for the same reason, mountainous geography and settlements far apart from each other :) what an insight to the human creativity

    • @jiminyjim823
      @jiminyjim823 2 роки тому +1

      Turkey used to be part of greece. Iirc, thats where the city of troy was discovered

    • @Threezi04
      @Threezi04 Рік тому +3

      @@jiminyjim823 It also uses to be part of Persia and of Rome, what is your point?

    • @xanv8051
      @xanv8051 Рік тому

      Convergent?? Or related??!

    • @ruiz1871
      @ruiz1871 8 місяців тому +1

      Same thing in the mountains and hills of Oaxaca in Mexico.

  • @danielacarrera2492
    @danielacarrera2492 4 роки тому +96

    This is amazing, I’m a native Spanish speaker and some of the things I heard I understood them! They are totally speaking Spanish but with whistles!

    • @damnmuggle
      @damnmuggle 2 роки тому +3

      No shit

    • @luismaturano4774
      @luismaturano4774 2 роки тому +5

      @@damnmuggle DAMMMM 😈💩🌚

    • @fercaism
      @fercaism 9 місяців тому +2

      Mentira

    • @sthom4bad
      @sthom4bad 6 місяців тому +2

      I wish they had explained more about how it works. It just sounds like the same sound at different pitches to me.

    • @juanjosemg
      @juanjosemg 3 місяці тому

      I speak Spanish and didn't understand a word

  • @pepperpie98
    @pepperpie98 4 роки тому +1178

    Imagine them doing a protest, streets will be full of whistling shouts.

    • @fordrestored4646
      @fordrestored4646 4 роки тому +3

      pepperpie catnice Everdeen has joined the chat

    • @sethmontana2683
      @sethmontana2683 4 роки тому +1

      😂😂😂😂😂

    • @wulfherecyning1282
      @wulfherecyning1282 4 роки тому +5

      "Whitt wiio, wewioo fwip, fwewewww whittt, wewwhat"
      "How beautiful. What are they whistling?"
      "They're chanting 'take it, money back, they evil, jew!'"
      (Its a joke, but even so I feel like I ought to clarify that I am joking and not implying that these people are anti-semitic lol)

    • @btnagasaki3029
      @btnagasaki3029 4 роки тому +3

      finally wouldn't hear fat feminists yelling hey hey ho ho, (insert name here) has got to go

    • @MOON23SHADOW
      @MOON23SHADOW 4 роки тому

      LOL 🤓

  • @p.f.886
    @p.f.886 4 роки тому +4897

    Me: **randomly whistles**
    Literally the entire population of an island: *so you have chosen death*

  • @Booky42
    @Booky42 4 роки тому +53

    I work in a department store, and saw two people speaking this language the other day. I was blown away. I remembered watching this video, but I never thought I'd encounter it in person. It's amazing!

  • @boo5868
    @boo5868 4 роки тому +183

    Imagine what it’s like in their school cafes 😳

  • @undscvr
    @undscvr 4 роки тому +2349

    Imagine casually whistling a song but they hear
    "Imma kill this whole society"

  • @ra-ck9zi
    @ra-ck9zi 4 роки тому +1796

    Boy: **whistles**
    Everyone: **laughs**
    Person who doesn't understand the language: **nervous laughter**

    • @t1ara_tw1g
      @t1ara_tw1g 4 роки тому +4

      "let's nuke the world with North Korea*

    • @DaeBeanos
      @DaeBeanos 4 роки тому +2

      **counts down in whistle**

    • @chemsolos
      @chemsolos 4 роки тому

      Imagine they said *kill the white*
      Laughs like he knows what there saying
      5 minutes later 😕🙁😟😥😢😰☠

    • @Heralmon
      @Heralmon 3 роки тому +1

      Trust me, in this island lives around 22k ppl, and most of the youngest generations doesn't know how to do it, but sometimes its so obvious that You can guess it without knowing how to whistle, I was borned here, almost 20 and NEVER learnt how to whistle even if in school until 14 y.o. they gave us a weekly sesson xD, anyways its pretty beautiful and I still love it and wanna learn it

    • @everythingispose-able2543
      @everythingispose-able2543 2 роки тому

      That happens to me in my own language.

  • @amoeebaaa6753
    @amoeebaaa6753 4 роки тому +206

    When they said: "pwwfttt pwffftt"
    *I felt that*

  • @TruMaverick
    @TruMaverick 4 роки тому +42

    My Great Grandfather loved to whistle. He would talk to me with a whistle. I could always understand exactly what each Whistle ment.
    I always knew that we where from somewhere lost in time.
    And my family doesn't know where we came from.This is actually my lost home....
    I might never be able to return.

    • @thunder_birdfps8294
      @thunder_birdfps8294 2 роки тому +5

      Could also be from Greese, Turkey, or Mainland Africa!

    • @hibya2066
      @hibya2066 Рік тому

      Maybe you are a guanche

    • @davidoliva1036
      @davidoliva1036 9 місяців тому +2

      @@thunder_birdfps8294 it's a curious thing you mention Mainland Africa. The first inhabitants of the canary islands came from the north of Africa, and even after the spanish conquest there are few things that still remains from before, as the names of people and places between many other things. But sylbo is only present on the island of La Gomera as far as i know...sometimes you can hear someone whistling on other islands but you tend to find out that those who whistle were born in La Gomera or have family on it.
      So if Sylbo has the possibility to come from Africa, it amazes me how can remain only on one island among other seven even when its one of the smallest and remote from Africa.

  • @Matt-oo8qn
    @Matt-oo8qn 4 роки тому +2775

    Nobody:
    The dentist tooth drill thingy:

    • @imbhad6651
      @imbhad6651 4 роки тому +73

      I always knew the dentist tooth drill thingy was trying to say something

    • @AshtenPassion
      @AshtenPassion 4 роки тому +30

      Ok this is the funniest comment congratulations

    • @MichaelHickey2003
      @MichaelHickey2003 4 роки тому +4

      Matt stfu

    • @michivel8788
      @michivel8788 4 роки тому +10

      Now I can't unhear it.

    • @jakallergis
      @jakallergis 4 роки тому +2

      Most underrated comment of all time

  • @dodecahedronicosahedron752
    @dodecahedronicosahedron752 4 роки тому +2270

    birds be like, “they made a whole ass language out of us, lmfao.”

    • @leemsvg
      @leemsvg 4 роки тому +3

      Lol

    • @PrinceOrSum
      @PrinceOrSum 4 роки тому +1

      I’m the a thousandth like

    • @sxna4420
      @sxna4420 4 роки тому +1

      did the birds tell u that

    • @RED-qu3pk
      @RED-qu3pk 4 роки тому

      Imagine birds actually can talk but they just picked this up

    • @user-tp6un7ho9u
      @user-tp6un7ho9u 4 роки тому

      hhhk20 fucking hysterical hahahahahah

  • @emilieipsen1874
    @emilieipsen1874 4 роки тому +28

    I went to La Gomera once when I was around 8 and at one of the restaurants they used this "language". after taking our orders the waitress whistles to the chef in the back what the orders were. the island is absolutely beautiful and the people there are very kind

  • @user-sx2hh1xk1q
    @user-sx2hh1xk1q 3 роки тому +20

    This is interesting. I've never thought that people could communicate with others without uttering a single world. This is mind blowing.

    • @oniongummy8969
      @oniongummy8969 2 роки тому +2

      Ever see a mime?

    • @laurenmontera9516
      @laurenmontera9516 2 роки тому +2

      That's why I love sign language. I was able to communicate with my hands to my fiance while listening with my ears to the man on the phone. It's also great over long distances, noisy places, through windows or if one of us can't speak.

  • @dakreyy6274
    @dakreyy6274 4 роки тому +1773

    god I can’t imagine what a school of children like this sounds like. i’d probably be deaf.
    edit: how the hell did I not get any notifications for this?

    • @rhinestonecowboy9967
      @rhinestonecowboy9967 4 роки тому +14

      1:00 I think that’s what it would sound like

    • @darkwolfcz434
      @darkwolfcz434 4 роки тому +3

      @@rhinestonecowboy9967 just amplify this by 100s students

    • @drsarcastic
      @drsarcastic 4 роки тому +1

      Like birds on Sunday morning when you are trying to sleep

    • @Applelover31
      @Applelover31 4 роки тому

      They don't speak this daily lmao

    • @danielacarrera2492
      @danielacarrera2492 4 роки тому +1

      Adolfo L. But in the school they are learning this, so yeah there will be a LOT of children practicing this....it’s a lot worse lol

  • @PcGangMusic
    @PcGangMusic 4 роки тому +3739

    If u can say all this from a whistle. Imagine wtf birds be talking about

  • @VicTV636
    @VicTV636 4 роки тому +117

    Learning a whistling language is gonna be hard,imagine people can’t barely learn written languages as it is.

    • @danielacarrera2492
      @danielacarrera2492 4 роки тому +24

      Vics TV if you know Spanish, it’s not that hard. They are speaking Spanish but with whistles. Once you understand the tones for the vowels and the sounds of the consonants is not complicated anymore. I don’t speak silbo gomero but I’m a native Spanish speaker and after hearing a lot of phrases translate to whistles, it totally makes sense and you can comprehend some words! It’s truly amazing

    • @Fr00stee
      @Fr00stee 3 роки тому +2

      you could probably apply the same principle as this language to english

    • @nicovaniseghem
      @nicovaniseghem 3 роки тому +2

      Its like if you switched all the vowels in english to a. At tha and ya wall andarstand what thaa ara sayang

    • @nicovaniseghem
      @nicovaniseghem 3 роки тому

      @@Fr00stee when they where speaking to the tourist they did it, just with german

    • @lali4540
      @lali4540 3 роки тому

      I wonder if I will get a response with my American accent.

  • @lisamarieva3514
    @lisamarieva3514 4 роки тому +8

    I could listen to the last man they showed, Pancho the herdsman, talk and whistle all day. Something about him is so interesting and almost calming.

    • @isenpellegrin7514
      @isenpellegrin7514 3 роки тому

      I think we all wish we could be Pancho the Herdsman...

  • @viaazx69
    @viaazx69 4 роки тому +1768

    me: * whistles *
    sylbo speaker wondering why I just threatened to eat his shower:

    • @nileriver1632
      @nileriver1632 4 роки тому +7

      lol, wot? EAT HIS SHWOEELE

    • @BabyRedRuby
      @BabyRedRuby 4 роки тому

      Lol

    • @COSCOSBEATS
      @COSCOSBEATS 4 роки тому +4

      Bruh 😂

    • @Jaxnay219
      @Jaxnay219 4 роки тому +1

      lol, wot? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 your username perfectly describes what I was thinking!!!

    • @leu3368
      @leu3368 4 роки тому

      Me: Whistles= *Me voy a comer tu baño*
      Him : ¿¡qué cara-?! ( *what the fu-?!* )

  • @p.f.886
    @p.f.886 4 роки тому +3852

    Her: *he's probably texting other girls*
    Me: **watching and trying to learn the whistle language**

  • @user-ix5xg6mn4g
    @user-ix5xg6mn4g 4 роки тому +194

    Me: **whistles catchy song thats stuck in my head**
    Sylbo speakers: **confused why i want to summon a watermelon shark to take over the planet**

    • @hiimryan2388
      @hiimryan2388 3 роки тому +7

      *grounds turns into water melon juice

    • @theneutron2003
      @theneutron2003 3 роки тому +1

      Watermelon shark? STEVEN UNIVERSE

  • @brookeschmidt6737
    @brookeschmidt6737 4 роки тому +24

    This is so beautiful, they sound like song birds.

  • @greencreamscreen2068
    @greencreamscreen2068 6 років тому +2877

    Imagine waking up in the morning thinking birds are whistling but its your mom saying, “rise and shine little shitball”

  • @annasabs2600
    @annasabs2600 4 роки тому +9250

    Peppa is going crazy 'cause she does not know how to whistle

  • @cannedstarfish6194
    @cannedstarfish6194 3 роки тому +4

    I'm from China, and I've seen comedians using a improvised "whistle Chinese" to imitate birds talking. I've always wondered if a fully functional whistle language could exist, this video is a beautiful answer : )

  • @rociogallegossanchez3147
    @rociogallegossanchez3147 4 роки тому +81

    My dogs came running when they heard the whistles 😂😂

    • @goat9295
      @goat9295 3 роки тому +7

      Your dogs know sylbo😱😱

    • @thecriticalcruz5035
      @thecriticalcruz5035 3 роки тому +2

      I thought my dog was the only one! She goes crazy when she hears this and become super aggressive lol.

    • @flecha213
      @flecha213 2 роки тому

      Your dog speaks Spanish?!?

  • @oscarelenes3021
    @oscarelenes3021 6 років тому +23037

    It must be hard to tell a secret.

    • @adrianpiotrowskisuarez3232
      @adrianpiotrowskisuarez3232 5 років тому +964

      They can tell the secret in Spanish.

    • @yc2557
      @yc2557 5 років тому +165

      Ugh so adorable

    • @filthyanimal874
      @filthyanimal874 5 років тому +78

      Oscar Elenes best comment by far

    • @manfallout91
      @manfallout91 5 років тому +202

      Some dude try to whistle only to his GF: I love jacking teddy bear.
      All the neighbours start whistle : Lol x20
      neighbours kids whistle: you serious?

    • @allienunez6972
      @allienunez6972 5 років тому +23

      DUDE I WAS THINKING THE EXACT SAME THING

  • @robertogonzalez1907
    @robertogonzalez1907 4 роки тому +606

    Let’s just wait another 6 years for UA-cam to recommend this again.

  • @filipar
    @filipar 4 роки тому +22

    Imagine having an argument in this language...

    • @puck9321
      @puck9321 4 роки тому +3

      “SQUEEEEE” “SQUEEE SQUE SQUUEEEE”

  • @trippjones14
    @trippjones14 4 роки тому +55

    my dog, next to me, just turned his head and gave me a strange look...

    • @Shyuthrosnaevin
      @Shyuthrosnaevin 4 роки тому +1

      You're in for it now...

    • @angswiger198
      @angswiger198 4 роки тому +3

      Mine too!! But not until like 3/4 thru the video. Whatever that whistle meant .. my dog was offended 😂

    • @danielacarrera2492
      @danielacarrera2492 4 роки тому +1

      I use whistles to call my dog. When I played the video my dog was so confused trying to understand why my cellphone is calling him 😂

    • @kothule01
      @kothule01 4 роки тому

      😂 😂 😂

  • @dkwhattouseasusername1012
    @dkwhattouseasusername1012 4 роки тому +815

    the birds are probably confused for a 1000 years

  • @whitehonda2874
    @whitehonda2874 4 роки тому +952

    So a flute is basically a microphone in this language?

  • @TheToddtw
    @TheToddtw 3 роки тому +2

    How beautiful. I even love the one student giving the other student a hard time.

  • @MsGoldieFish
    @MsGoldieFish 4 роки тому +13

    Tuve que hacer una presentación sobre las canarias el año pasado y aprendé de esta lengua. Es muy fascinante y bella, y de verdad espero visitar a las islas y tratar aprender un poco de la lengua. ¡Excelente video!

  • @deenad3562
    @deenad3562 4 роки тому +2946

    Here: *Think before you speak.* 🤨
    There: *Wash your hands before you speak.* 😬

    • @_Quintus
      @_Quintus 4 роки тому +2

      I dont wash my hands before i speak

    • @CJ-mn6iw
      @CJ-mn6iw 4 роки тому +27

      Exactly! I was just thinking your hands better always be clean.

    • @miss.yummy69
      @miss.yummy69 4 роки тому +9

      You might get diseases and what not if your hands arent clean and you stuck them in your mouth everytime

    • @_Quintus
      @_Quintus 4 роки тому

      @@miss.yummy69 why would i put my hands in my mouth?

    • @miss.yummy69
      @miss.yummy69 4 роки тому +3

      @@_Quintus if you whistle like the people in the video alot of times with dirty hands you might get sick or something

  • @Yogesh-vw7bp
    @Yogesh-vw7bp 4 роки тому +743

    When they said, “wheehereheeheeheheehe”, I felt that

  • @holdup2696
    @holdup2696 4 роки тому +93

    When that one guy said: **whistling noises**
    I felt that 🤘😔

  • @691ratatataa3
    @691ratatataa3 3 роки тому +2

    0:45 was whistling like this to see if anyone else can speak it, a couple guys with red bandanas and guns came running, nice to see this language is coming back.

  • @Rachel0430
    @Rachel0430 5 років тому +6526

    Imagine being a child and not being able to whistle lmfaooooo

    • @espurr6628
      @espurr6628 5 років тому +60

      rachel galish i was thinking the same lmao

    • @notyogurt1464
      @notyogurt1464 5 років тому +206

      Well they teach you, unless your tongue was removed for whatever reason

    • @espurr6628
      @espurr6628 5 років тому +34

      Not Yogurt yeah i know but what if ur a baby or just a really young child who hasn’t mastered ot yet lmaoo , what is the person gonna say then.

    • @midas01tw
      @midas01tw 5 років тому +11

      oɥ ʎǝɐɥ ʎǝɐɥ

    • @angelairwaves
      @angelairwaves 5 років тому +86

      Espurr ...you mean like regular babies, who can’t talk yet?

  • @yeeppeey1586
    @yeeppeey1586 5 років тому +3391

    Imagine a stadium full of people chattering in sylbo

    • @jictapus8559
      @jictapus8559 5 років тому +81

      Would sound like a chidori

    • @kiera6954
      @kiera6954 5 років тому +7

      Jictapus ! 😂 lmao

    • @homebodytiger
      @homebodytiger 5 років тому +4

      @@jictapus8559 laughed hard right there

    • @tejasnair3399
      @tejasnair3399 5 років тому +5

      Ellie N they wouldn’t use it like that madam

    • @burntchickennugget4784
      @burntchickennugget4784 5 років тому +1

      Ellie N it’d sound like a forest 😂

  • @pork_friedrice
    @pork_friedrice 9 місяців тому +1

    This is why I love UA-cam, learning new things, amazing

  • @nourah5033
    @nourah5033 4 роки тому +3

    That’s really cool. They sound like birds.

  • @lilianaramirez5004
    @lilianaramirez5004 5 років тому +4153

    *Imagine having an argument*

  • @hazzahannah
    @hazzahannah 4 роки тому +5553

    Imagine movies being translated to this

    • @oviros
      @oviros 4 роки тому +40

      weird,yes.Or,how to sing ???

    • @biscuitgidoni2804
      @biscuitgidoni2804 4 роки тому +13

      Like this video is already doing?

    • @oviros
      @oviros 4 роки тому +16

      @@biscuitgidoni2804 how would you word-whistle -The power of love,by Celine Dion/Jennifer Rush?:)

    • @mithochiyamithoguff2582
      @mithochiyamithoguff2582 4 роки тому +4

      😂😂😂 you are funny! I think I will have a chronic tinnitus after movie 🎥

    • @jjgf8412
      @jjgf8412 4 роки тому +3

      You can't translate a movie to silbo, it's just one way to speak spanish,instead of with words with wistle.

  • @eat_pray_porg8450
    @eat_pray_porg8450 3 роки тому +2

    I found this video while looking up "La Gomera" upon a suggestion from another viewer. We're on another channel talking about a method of communication used by a fictitious group of Luddites in the video game "The Last of Us, Part II", known as the Seraphites. This viewer mentioned to me that they were influenced by "La Gomera" (not knowing the name of the language is called Sylbo; I had no idea either).
    Later on, I found a post by another viewer who said that the sound designers at Naughty Dog (the developers of the game) wanted to make the Seraphite's whistles more eerie, so they made them more minimalist...and it totally worked.
    This "lost" language is just utterly fascinating, wow. So distinctively unique, for sure. Thanks for posting this! Cheers.

    • @vn773
      @vn773 3 роки тому

      imagine its going to be even more lost now with coronavirus around and people not sticking their fingers in their mouth as much anymore

  • @user-ll5ik3fm6f
    @user-ll5ik3fm6f 4 місяці тому

    My upstairs neighbor and 5 other people in my apartment complex that lived far... I could hear this used in America😮. I told my family it was a language and they thought I was nuts. Thank you for posting the sound.

  • @hueranium1673
    @hueranium1673 5 років тому +7881

    Meanwhile i dont even know how to whistle

  • @la-ashrafi9411
    @la-ashrafi9411 5 років тому +4307

    So they don't speak while eating. .

  • @Lambda_Ovine
    @Lambda_Ovine 3 роки тому +5

    This gotta be the ultimate tonal language.

  • @dasilvasurfer3160
    @dasilvasurfer3160 4 роки тому +6

    Imagine your teacher assigns you an essay, and you whistle groan and start writing: “tweet tweet tweety tweet tweet”

  • @squizzle7210
    @squizzle7210 5 років тому +4971

    Imagine being a rapper

    • @bastion4366
      @bastion4366 5 років тому +171

      That be dope af

    • @elyeyi369
      @elyeyi369 5 років тому +238

      Your lyrics would blend in with the beat and ppl would just say " damn bruh, that beat is fire" lol

    • @BigD8190
      @BigD8190 5 років тому +86

      Every bird would be Eminem

    • @HonorableGrandson
      @HonorableGrandson 5 років тому +13

      Squizzle *Whistling Intensifies*

    • @deazy6453
      @deazy6453 5 років тому +3

      That's gotta be dope lol

  • @lulumoe8357
    @lulumoe8357 4 роки тому +3313

    you can see in the mans throat that he's decoding the guy's whistling

    • @vladmordekeiser1054
      @vladmordekeiser1054 4 роки тому +68

      Good observation....

    • @emfisher8168
      @emfisher8168 4 роки тому +45

      Yes like Morse Code..

    • @unknownf5376
      @unknownf5376 4 роки тому +52

      I noticed that too like how an old person tries to hear every word you are saying they move their mouths with you. Not all old people tho

    • @liggerstuxin1
      @liggerstuxin1 4 роки тому +2

      Crazy...

    • @cheapramen5762
      @cheapramen5762 4 роки тому

      ..

  • @zerofdcox7505
    @zerofdcox7505 4 роки тому +1

    It makes me happy to see a video about a part of the Canarian culture with so many views. 🇮🇨🙏❤️

  • @hueningkawaii1824
    @hueningkawaii1824 4 роки тому

    i go to tenerife quite often, and at night, you can hear people communicating and it’s amazing

  • @tollycrump4317
    @tollycrump4317 4 роки тому +2149

    Imagine what an argument sounds like at a family dinner.

    • @oldmanballs
      @oldmanballs 4 роки тому +27

      Imagine if you had a brain

    • @kaiheejeu
      @kaiheejeu 4 роки тому +43

      @Miserable Shit cause he doesn't have a brain

    • @thevibelord4791
      @thevibelord4791 4 роки тому +25

      @@oldmanballs are you secret agent Chad thundercock

    • @oldmanballs
      @oldmanballs 4 роки тому +1

      @@thevibelord4791 yes. Big brain big penis

    • @PeaceNinja007
      @PeaceNinja007 4 роки тому +29

      You guys should whistle it out

  • @asens6241
    @asens6241 4 роки тому +566

    It’s impossible to talk shit about someone unless they’re 7 kilometers away😂

    • @nvnax
      @nvnax 4 роки тому

      😂😂😂😂

    • @rioclo4506
      @rioclo4506 4 роки тому

      😂😂😂😂😂

    • @s.1829
      @s.1829 4 роки тому

      😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @josephlittlefield2313
    @josephlittlefield2313 4 роки тому +5

    I always knew I would one day learn about a lost whistling language in Spanish by reading English subtitles

  • @trackqueen42
    @trackqueen42 4 роки тому +1

    This is fascinating! It’s amazing and I really appreciate that they are trying to preserve this language.

  • @xtomppa9974
    @xtomppa9974 4 роки тому +1765

    Imagine a whole school just whistle in the hallways. That would be so annoying if that school holds more than 200 people

    • @emmamoscoso9742
      @emmamoscoso9742 4 роки тому +34

      xTomppa I feel like it’d be like, how it is with students talking? Maybe it becomes background noise ?

    • @skullsaintdead
      @skullsaintdead 4 роки тому +26

      @@emmamoscoso9742 Exactly, it's the one distinct, random sound that is irritating (a single car horn etc). But a collection of similar noises would just blend into one, like how you get a normal collective noise of people talking at recess, not as annoying as one random kid shouting.

    • @danielhenderson762
      @danielhenderson762 4 роки тому +8

      But 190 people whistling, granted, is just fine

    • @vivelise16
      @vivelise16 4 роки тому +3

      that would b annoying asf regardless of how many ppl. if its early in the morning idc who it is, they catching these hands.

    • @rosibabyx
      @rosibabyx 4 роки тому +4

      my high school has 3000 kids, so it would be torture lmao

  • @areith2295
    @areith2295 4 роки тому +2286

    Me: *Whistling*
    Sylbo speaker: *Did you just called my goat fat?*

    • @BiggestMessiFan12334
      @BiggestMessiFan12334 4 роки тому +15

      Omg your so funny😂🤣😄🤣😂🤣🤣😄😂😂😫😫😖🤣😂🤣

    • @briannayourfellowarmy491
      @briannayourfellowarmy491 4 роки тому +10

      YOUR PROFILE PICTURE I CANT😂

    • @JDMatthias
      @JDMatthias 4 роки тому +7

      No I called you the son of a motherless goat! Dude get it right

    • @areith2295
      @areith2295 4 роки тому +6

      J.D. Matthias best comment.

    • @alyssaboatwright4449
      @alyssaboatwright4449 4 роки тому +2

      Hey!! Give Jimin his jams back!!
      Namjoon: Jimin...you got no jams.
      Hoseok: (makes weird but AdOrAbLe faces)
      💜💜💜

  • @gustavoadolfolujanmoreno6279
    @gustavoadolfolujanmoreno6279 3 місяці тому

    I worked for a brewery in Mexico and the bottling section was so noisy that people developed a language composed not only of whistling but also from screams of different pitch, length, etc. They also used their own sign language. After a couple of months I learned it and it felt great to be able to communicate across all that noise and from faraway. It felt like now I was part of some sort of tribe.

  • @laurentlaughlin
    @laurentlaughlin Рік тому +1

    I made this video more than 10 years ago, good to see it doing so well. Happy to see all these positive comments. Cheers!

  • @killa8526
    @killa8526 4 роки тому +3590

    The real question no one is asking is, how do they read and write in this language?

    • @BinuJasim
      @BinuJasim 4 роки тому +170

      Why is it hard? If there are say 100 distinct tones/whistles, then each tone can be assigned a letter. Or it could be a logographic writing system like Chinese/kanji. Tones are not so different from the normal English sounds coming from your throat (except of course that it is tedious). If one is possible to write, other should be as well.

    • @potusumanbibingka
      @potusumanbibingka 4 роки тому +25

      well, if you're not fucking fool, you'd need not ask that question

    • @kanescrimes4848
      @kanescrimes4848 4 роки тому +81

      @@BinuJasim Thweeeee be beeeee bwabeee thirtieeeee tweet deeee twaeeee daeeee?

    • @Saadbsth
      @Saadbsth 4 роки тому +29

      Ffeeeeeee ooooo faaaaa oooo fefe fuuuuuuuu

    • @twylabobette2012
      @twylabobette2012 4 роки тому +38

      There are several languages that don't have written forms, presumably this is one of them

  • @charevandenheever4460
    @charevandenheever4460 4 роки тому +398

    Me: Insults a Sylbo person.
    Sylbo person: *Rapid whistling*

  • @garigari8937
    @garigari8937 4 роки тому

    Didn't even know this thing exist . How they translate whistling into normal conversation blows my mind. For some people, a normal conversation is hard enough , but whistling ? That's next level

  • @purplemanatee
    @purplemanatee 3 роки тому +2

    This is really cool! I can't whistle to save my life and I am struggling to wrap my head about how someone could understand this and I think that's the fascinating thing about language! They can be so different.

  • @mr.e1220
    @mr.e1220 4 роки тому +694

    Imagine thinking the birds are outside enjoying the day when actually the fireman is telling you in sylbo that your home is on fire and to get out.

    • @Simaq7
      @Simaq7 4 роки тому +1

      😂😂😂😂

    • @jasmineskyy4964
      @jasmineskyy4964 4 роки тому

      Why would a fireman tell you to get out from outside?

    • @lyncaho4507
      @lyncaho4507 4 роки тому +1

      🤭🤭😁👍

    • @Ricky911_
      @Ricky911_ 4 роки тому +2

      500th like btw

    • @mr.e1220
      @mr.e1220 4 роки тому

      @@jasmineskyy4964 the fireman is trying to warn you, in sylbo, yet you are relaxed and think it's the birds outside singing.

  • @StallionGD
    @StallionGD 4 роки тому +485

    Imagine two buff dudes about to fight just whistling at each other angrily

    • @rdsbmo7830
      @rdsbmo7830 4 роки тому +14

      They would truly be chirping at eachother

    • @JessicaSmith-uw9ff
      @JessicaSmith-uw9ff 4 роки тому +2

      😂😂

    • @StallionGD
      @StallionGD 4 роки тому +7

      *Insults in whistle*

    • @zavkanonymous6872
      @zavkanonymous6872 4 роки тому +3

      They speak Spanish and they aren't deaf , this is just a language they want to keep it going for centuries

    • @iniesta8856
      @iniesta8856 4 роки тому +1

      C R Y S T A L K O O K I E. Omg that’s underrated 😂😂😂

  • @kayjay8790
    @kayjay8790 4 роки тому +2

    I’ve never ever heard of this whistling language. It’s fascinating that people can understand the different pitches and sounds as different words. It would take me forever to learn due to my dull untrained ear 😆

  • @rmsjlowery5472
    @rmsjlowery5472 6 місяців тому +1

    Lol, my daughter just said, “Imagine how loud it would be if they were angry”!

  • @Megacooltommydee
    @Megacooltommydee 8 років тому +3394

    "R2-D2, how rude of you!"

    • @maxkim7937
      @maxkim7937 7 років тому +10

      lol

    • @bromancerules28
      @bromancerules28 6 років тому +20

      * Gets a hard slap in the face hard after whistling R2-D2 *

    • @lokchucklindryfry94
      @lokchucklindryfry94 6 років тому +9

      Now i know its not gibberish.

    • @Wavemaninawe
      @Wavemaninawe 5 років тому

      Felipe Esparza established that R2-D2 is a Mexican. The correct pronounciation is 'Arturito' though.

  • @spiderjunky6417
    @spiderjunky6417 4 роки тому +1370

    Woman: "I thought he was whistling at me." Man: "No he was talking to the Reporter."

    • @jolienvsndijk
      @jolienvsndijk 4 роки тому +30

      Now I really want to know what the regular catcall whistle would translate to in Sylbo.

    • @diegodelgado9764
      @diegodelgado9764 4 роки тому +8

      = come get this d

  • @skit6ixofficial
    @skit6ixofficial 3 роки тому +4

    Imagine whistling like that in a city apartment, next morning whole complex complaining.

  • @CultWhatever
    @CultWhatever 3 роки тому +1

    I’m so glad it’s being taught

  • @Getcakedieyoung23
    @Getcakedieyoung23 6 років тому +4782

    I want to see a rap battle in that language ^^

  • @kvt.nxte.
    @kvt.nxte. 4 роки тому +1867

    oh

    • @Lemonnitenite
      @Lemonnitenite 4 роки тому +14

      Oh nooooo

    • @MuzikHead
      @MuzikHead 4 роки тому +16

      Alpha Little imaginé what the books sound like?? 😂

    • @shanty6953
      @shanty6953 4 роки тому

      GG

    • @mr.e1220
      @mr.e1220 4 роки тому +2

      What is an "ass library"?

    • @notadoge8178
      @notadoge8178 4 роки тому +2

      ass library.🤣😭😱🤪😳🤭🤮

  • @msmollie1983
    @msmollie1983 4 роки тому +1

    Wow. This is incredible!

  • @Emily-vp9xe
    @Emily-vp9xe 3 роки тому +9

    Remembered this language when playing the Last of Us Part 2.

    • @Noamevenhen
      @Noamevenhen 3 роки тому

      This is the kind of comment i was searching for!

  • @ember4769
    @ember4769 5 років тому +4195

    So does this mean they think in whistles too?

    • @ryanpalumbo9861
      @ryanpalumbo9861 5 років тому +739

      Ember wait im having a mental breakdown. can they do that? shit.

    • @patricksigler2438
      @patricksigler2438 5 років тому +303

      Stop kind fucking me

    • @aguynamedbenny6401
      @aguynamedbenny6401 5 років тому +14

      What

    • @laide3184
      @laide3184 5 років тому +362

      Ember They can probably dream in whistle too... 😭

    • @davemarx7856
      @davemarx7856 5 років тому +27

      Vocal Chord Parasite
      Metallic Archaea
      LaLiLuLeLo
      SCISSORS
      WHOOOOOOO

  • @CzarPrismo
    @CzarPrismo 4 роки тому +3174

    Me: *Whistles At a Girl*
    Her: "ugh, boys are so stupid"
    Me: "I asked u where the nearest bus station is"
    Her: *Slaps Me*

  • @joash3714
    @joash3714 4 роки тому +4

    Wow. This is so interesting. I would have never known about this if I never came across this video

  • @generalmaul4615
    @generalmaul4615 4 роки тому +2

    Am I the only one that found it super surreal when they started laughing at the Chipude joke? Like with regular spoken languages, even if you can't understand it, you can generally tell if someone is talking about something funny through their tone, volume, etc...
    Would've been so disorientating to be there just watching everyone whistle at each other with a serious face then suddenly laugh lol.

  • @anipanini2467
    @anipanini2467 4 роки тому +582

    Imagine just casually whistling to yourself on this island and get beaten up for saying something offensive 🤣

    • @anarchyandempires5452
      @anarchyandempires5452 4 роки тому +15

      Whistles the kill bill song, get beat up for accidentally calling the people knockoff Mexicans.

    • @kaylag5043
      @kaylag5043 4 роки тому +1

      Haha 😂

  • @Drew-vz8pb
    @Drew-vz8pb 4 роки тому +601

    Teachers: who’s whistling?!
    *kid whistles to say me”

  • @cytavares
    @cytavares 3 місяці тому

    This is the most incredible thing I've ever heard of! 😮❤

  • @guillaumenadeau
    @guillaumenadeau 4 роки тому +80

    them not being able to touch their faces due to coronavirus: 😶