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In the America's with David Yetman
Whistles in the Mist: Whistled Speech in Oaxaca
Season 2
Episode 210
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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