Whistled Languages: From Mexico to Vietnam

What if I put a bunch of children from varied countries, from Mexico to Vietnam, in a room. What if I told you that they may eventually develop a common language to communicate? Across the world, there are societies which have independently developed a whistling language: they chat, flirt and hunt through whistling! In the third episode of the series, People Unilke Us, Utsav takes you to a village in Turkey with a 'bird language', a village in Mexico with a strange reason to whistle, and to the Canary islands where whistling is still a part of everyday life. Tune in to uncover what unites these places in evolving a whistling language.

Bonus: If you wish to learn a whistling language, download the Islık Dili Sözlüğü app from Google Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ec.self.whistlelang&hl=en_IN&gl=US

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