Silbo Gomero – the whistle ‘language’ of the canary islands

IELTS Reading Practice Test · 1 questions · by IELTS PASSPORT

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Silbo is a substitute for Spanish, with individual words recoded into whistles which have high- and low-frequency tones. A whistler – or silbador – puts a finger in his or her mouth to increase the whistle’s pitch, while the other hand can be cupped to adjust the direction of the sound. “There is…

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