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The amazing whistling language of Greek shepherds

These Greek Villagers Whistle to Chat

In the village of Antia on Greece’s Evia island, shepherds use whistling to communicate over long distances. This isn’t a code but rather a real language.

“Whistles let shepherds communicate between distant hillsides because a whistled sound wave travels farther than spoken words.”


(Scientific American)


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