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Whistles in the Mist: Whistled Speech In Oaxaca #210

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The Chinantecan people of mountainous northern Oaxaca, Mexico, speak by whistling as well as by talking. We visit their isolated community and see for ourselves how they use whistled speech to supplement-and sometimes replace-spoken speech.

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Calendar In The Americas with David Yetman: Whistles in the Mist: Whistled Speech In Oaxaca (Explorer Channel) The Chinantecan people of mountainous northern Oaxaca, Mexico, speak by whistling as well as by talking. We visit their isolated community and see for ourselves how they use whistled speech to supplement-and sometimes replace-spoken speech. http://proweb.myersinfosys.com/wunc/airlist/8526/detail.ics