Greece's Disappearing Whistled Language - 0 views
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seanuyeno19 on 02 Oct 18In the village of Antia in Greece, there is a whistled language called Sfyria. Sfyria is a whistled version of the Greek language, with different whistled tones representing Greek letters and sounds. The main benefit of Sfyria is communication over long distances. Sound from whistling travels ten times farther than from shouting. Sfyria is one of the most endangered languages in the world. Only six people can still speak and understand it.
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Lara Cowell on 03 Oct 18Such a fascinating article about an obscure language, Sean! The article also notes that Sfyria is also not the only whistled language--worldwide, there are 70 other whistled languages in the world. Wild.