List of Whistled Languages
The following list is of languages that exist or existed in a whistled form, or of ethnic groups that speak such languages. In some cases (e.g. Chinantec) the whistled speech is an important and integral part of the language and culture; in others (e.g. Nahuatl) its role is much lesser.
- Americas
- Alaska: Yupik
- United States: Taos
- Mexico: Amuzgo, Chinantec, Ch'ol, Kickapoo, Mazatec, Nahuatl, Otomi, Sayula Popoluca, Tepehua, Totonac, Zapotec, whistled Spanish in Tlaxcala
- Bolivia: Siriono
- Colombia: Desano
- Brazil: Pirahã
- Asia
- China: Bai
- Vietnam: Hmong
- Burma: Chin
- Nepal: Chepang
- Turkey: Turkish (village of Kuşköy)
- for Siberian Yupik inhabitants of St. Lawrence Island, see Yupik, Alaska, America mentioned above
- Europe and Canary Islands
- France (village of Aas, Pyrenees): Occitan language
- Greece (village of Antia on the island of Euboea)
- Spain (La Gomera and El Hierro, Canary Islands): "Silbo Gomero"
- Africa
- Ethiopia: Bench
- West Africa: Bafia, Bape, Birifor, Bobo, Burunsi, Daguri, Diola, Ewe, Fongbe, Marka, Ngwe, Twi, Tshi, Ule (among others)
- Ghana: Nchumburu
- Nigeria: Yoruba
- Cameroun: Gbaya, Doohwaayo, Mofu
- Oceania
- New Guinea: Gadsup, Binumarien, Abau, Polopa, Telefol, Bauzi, (possibly Tairora and Narak, in the latter reportedly linked with the spirits talking)
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