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  • In the age of mobile phones, the remaining "speakers" of a dying whistling language try to preserve a vital means of communication over vast distances.
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Комментарии • 10 тыс.

  • @oscarelenes3021
    @oscarelenes3021 6 лет назад +23027

    It must be hard to tell a secret.

    • @adriy14
      @adriy14 6 лет назад +964

      They can tell the secret in Spanish.

    • @yc2557
      @yc2557 5 лет назад +165

      Ugh so adorable

    • @filthyanimal874
      @filthyanimal874 5 лет назад +78

      Oscar Elenes best comment by far

    • @manfallout91
      @manfallout91 5 лет назад +202

      Some dude try to whistle only to his GF: I love jacking teddy bear.
      All the neighbours start whistle : Lol x20
      neighbours kids whistle: you serious?

    • @allienunez6972
      @allienunez6972 5 лет назад +23

      DUDE I WAS THINKING THE EXACT SAME THING

  • @deenad3562
    @deenad3562 4 года назад +2950

    Here: *Think before you speak.* 🤨
    There: *Wash your hands before you speak.* 😬

    • @_Quintus
      @_Quintus 4 года назад +3

      I dont wash my hands before i speak

    • @CJ-mn6iw
      @CJ-mn6iw 4 года назад +27

      Exactly! I was just thinking your hands better always be clean.

    • @miss.yummy69
      @miss.yummy69 4 года назад +9

      You might get diseases and what not if your hands arent clean and you stuck them in your mouth everytime

    • @_Quintus
      @_Quintus 4 года назад

      @@miss.yummy69 why would i put my hands in my mouth?

    • @miss.yummy69
      @miss.yummy69 4 года назад +3

      @@_Quintus if you whistle like the people in the video alot of times with dirty hands you might get sick or something

  • @fraser2636
    @fraser2636 4 года назад +8895

    They could be bullshitting us and we wouldn’t even realise

    • @justadude420
      @justadude420 4 года назад +229

      This is true.

    • @oioioi6664
      @oioioi6664 4 года назад +67

      OMG😂😂😂😂

    • @King-kf1mi
      @King-kf1mi 4 года назад +12

      You play rainbow six siege?

    • @polarisation
      @polarisation 4 года назад +5

      @@King-kf1mi WHATS IN THE CANISTER???

    • @polarisation
      @polarisation 4 года назад +2

      @@King-kf1mi if we get the other dudes name maybe we can play together tommorow (EU tho)

  • @arcticpolyglots
    @arcticpolyglots 4 года назад +5004

    “Each time a language dies, another flame goes out, another sound goes silent.” ― Ariel Sabar

    • @allengregiryz4life899
      @allengregiryz4life899 4 года назад +47

      that's beautiful and sad. great quote.

    • @jslearner
      @jslearner 4 года назад +11

      The world would actually be a better place if we all could speak one language irrespective of that one language. This quote means nothing, it just sounds nice.
      ADDITION: In your original post you stated that this was ethnocentric. I haven't judged any culture as inferior or superior. I haven't even suggested which language should be the singular language. I purposely avoided that in fact. Maybe you realized this so you edited it out.

    • @melissadavidson5024
      @melissadavidson5024 4 года назад +33

      @@jslearner i don't agree with that at all... better for the ppl whose language was chosen to be spoken? I think it is wonderful we have diversity in this world and a little bit of something different... even if it's just a language... to call our own in a vast universe. Plus it gets ppl interested in learning other languages. That's like saying this world would be better if we only ate Chinese food or listened to classic rock. But i respectfully disagree with ur statement as mine is just an opinion as well. I do understand why it seems the world would be better under one language...i feel it would be easier but not better

    • @jslearner
      @jslearner 4 года назад +11

      @@melissadavidson5024 What you said sounds beautiful, you even used the magic "diversity" word. A common language would allow people to communicate thoughts and ideas. It would allow people to correct misconception and solve social problems without interpretation. It would allow business to operate without the language barrier. There is a reason why there is something called "the language barrier". When you go through the act of interpretation, which I do in a number of meetings throughout the week, there is something lost in that translation. Also, Do you feel like you are eating one type of food when you listen to music/song, just because it is all in one language. An honest answer is "no". It is efficient. These are objective reasons why one language would be better. It is not an opinion. It is truth.

    • @melissadavidson5024
      @melissadavidson5024 4 года назад +9

      @@jslearner its okay that we can agree to disagree ;) i had a bf from another country for a few years so i totally get the language barrier it was rough esp when we argued but in hindsight i wouldnt have traded the experience for anything i learned a lot about body language and myself. But it was in hindsight so i totally get it

  • @roronoazoro2496
    @roronoazoro2496 4 года назад +15070

    My friend who can't whistle will be considered mute in this society.

    • @owner8290
      @owner8290 4 года назад +399

      My whistle who can’t mute will be considered friend in this society.

    • @cinnamoroIIz
      @cinnamoroIIz 4 года назад +335

      My society who can’t friend will be considered whistle in this mute.

    • @dailak835
      @dailak835 4 года назад +280

      My will can’t be considered this friend who whistle in mute society.

    • @boopsuwooo1685
      @boopsuwooo1685 4 года назад +232

      My society who can’t mute will be considered in this my friend

    • @oxfordcommaisthegreatest
      @oxfordcommaisthegreatest 4 года назад +214

      My can't who whistle friend will be society considered in this mute.

  • @strongoria7069
    @strongoria7069 4 года назад +4902

    Maybe that annoying guy at every concert with the whistle was really just singing along ...

  • @hazzahannah
    @hazzahannah 4 года назад +5572

    Imagine movies being translated to this

    • @oviros
      @oviros 4 года назад +40

      weird,yes.Or,how to sing ???

    • @biscuitgidoni2804
      @biscuitgidoni2804 4 года назад +13

      Like this video is already doing?

    • @oviros
      @oviros 4 года назад +16

      @@biscuitgidoni2804 how would you word-whistle -The power of love,by Celine Dion/Jennifer Rush?:)

    • @mithochiyamithoguff2582
      @mithochiyamithoguff2582 4 года назад +4

      😂😂😂 you are funny! I think I will have a chronic tinnitus after movie 🎥

    • @jjgf8412
      @jjgf8412 4 года назад +3

      You can't translate a movie to silbo, it's just one way to speak spanish,instead of with words with wistle.

  • @tim_kiprop
    @tim_kiprop 4 года назад +335

    The fact that the students laughed means that this language is spontaneous and special.

  • @annasabs2600
    @annasabs2600 4 года назад +9252

    Peppa is going crazy 'cause she does not know how to whistle

  • @Yogesh-vw7bp
    @Yogesh-vw7bp 4 года назад +747

    When they said, “wheehereheeheeheheehe”, I felt that

    • @yopglomusic8872
      @yopglomusic8872 4 года назад +3

      🤣🤣 Same.

    • @juliabenincosa9066
      @juliabenincosa9066 4 года назад +3

      IKR 😂

    • @yogurt463
      @yogurt463 4 года назад +4

      When they said WhhheeeerheheEEEhhhHe that hit different

    • @shouldntfckwitme3737
      @shouldntfckwitme3737 4 года назад +3

      aaahahahaha😆😆😆😂😂😂

    • @duck2744
      @duck2744 4 года назад +2

      I never usually comment on things, but your words made me cry

  • @linguaLatinae
    @linguaLatinae 6 лет назад +4778

    I want to see a rap battle in that language ^^

  • @franciscogarcia6776
    @franciscogarcia6776 4 года назад +424

    Imagine getting into a argument with someone in this language

    • @tonih4674
      @tonih4674 4 года назад +81

      Imagine getting yelled at by your mom in a language that carries seven kilometers.

    • @Alph92
      @Alph92 3 года назад +12

      @@tonih4674 yup, can't hide on any mountain without your friends on the surroundng mountains hearing how you get your ass handed to you.

    • @elliottbritt3937
      @elliottbritt3937 7 месяцев назад +1

      You’re gonna need a slide whistle

    • @3nertia
      @3nertia 7 месяцев назад +4

      @@tonih4674 Well, with that sort of distance, you have really no excuse for being late for dinner ...

  • @PcGangMusic
    @PcGangMusic 4 года назад +3751

    If u can say all this from a whistle. Imagine wtf birds be talking about

  • @StallionGD
    @StallionGD 4 года назад +485

    Imagine two buff dudes about to fight just whistling at each other angrily

    • @rdsbmo7830
      @rdsbmo7830 4 года назад +15

      They would truly be chirping at eachother

    • @Salt____22
      @Salt____22 4 года назад +2

      😂😂

    • @StallionGD
      @StallionGD 4 года назад +7

      *Insults in whistle*

    • @zavkanonymous6872
      @zavkanonymous6872 4 года назад +3

      They speak Spanish and they aren't deaf , this is just a language they want to keep it going for centuries

    • @iniesta8856
      @iniesta8856 4 года назад +1

      C R Y S T A L K O O K I E. Omg that’s underrated 😂😂😂

  • @mattfromwiisports7779
    @mattfromwiisports7779 4 года назад +6380

    Recent video of mine is to spread awareness of Barbie abuse😡

  • @caroli393
    @caroli393 4 года назад +438

    I'm from Canary Islands and it's so amazing to see one of our most beloved traditions getting known around the globe.
    Thank you so much for this, TIME

    • @L-S
      @L-S 2 года назад +1

      Hey don't gonna lied this language is very cool and useful too! If i could learn it i definitely will!

    • @Hydro2oo9
      @Hydro2oo9 Год назад +3

      Me encantan las Islas Canarias. Ya he estado en Gran Canaria y Lanzarote pero voy a Tenerife y la Gomera en tres semanas y es probable que viaje a Fuerteventura el año que viene. Un saludo desde Inglaterra.

    • @MIDEVILKING26
      @MIDEVILKING26 Год назад +1

      @@Hydro2oo9 si siempre hay muchos de inglaterra y dinamarca en Canarias. Me acuerdo me fui Al sur de Gran Canaria con mi familia y casi todos eran de inglaterra o dinamarca

  • @kvt.nxte.
    @kvt.nxte. 4 года назад +1864

    oh

    • @Lemonnitenite
      @Lemonnitenite 4 года назад +14

      Oh nooooo

    • @MuzikHead
      @MuzikHead 4 года назад +16

      Alpha Little imaginé what the books sound like?? 😂

    • @shanty6953
      @shanty6953 4 года назад

      GG

    • @mr.e1220
      @mr.e1220 4 года назад +2

      What is an "ass library"?

    • @notadoge8178
      @notadoge8178 4 года назад +2

      ass library.🤣😭😱🤪😳🤭🤮

  • @p.f.886
    @p.f.886 4 года назад +4906

    Me: **randomly whistles**
    Literally the entire population of an island: *so you have chosen death*

  • @la-ashrafi9411
    @la-ashrafi9411 5 лет назад +4305

    So they don't speak while eating. .

  • @jonnyzuma6884
    @jonnyzuma6884 4 года назад +248

    It actually makes a lot of sense, given the topography and the way whistle sounds carry. You’d be able to speak to someone from mountain top to mountaintop

    • @guillej47
      @guillej47 3 года назад +34

      Ive lived in La Gomera for many years and that sir, was exactly the point of silbo.

    • @sarahmoorman6936
      @sarahmoorman6936 10 месяцев назад

      but doesn't regular speech echo well enough if you put the diaphragm to work? (vocal major here) lol@@guillej47

  • @p.f.886
    @p.f.886 4 года назад +3853

    Her: *he's probably texting other girls*
    Me: **watching and trying to learn the whistle language**

  • @dakreyy6274
    @dakreyy6274 4 года назад +1771

    god I can’t imagine what a school of children like this sounds like. i’d probably be deaf.
    edit: how the hell did I not get any notifications for this?

    • @rhinestonecowboy9967
      @rhinestonecowboy9967 4 года назад +15

      1:00 I think that’s what it would sound like

    • @darkwolfcz434
      @darkwolfcz434 4 года назад +3

      @@rhinestonecowboy9967 just amplify this by 100s students

    • @drsarcastic
      @drsarcastic 4 года назад +1

      Like birds on Sunday morning when you are trying to sleep

    • @Applelover31
      @Applelover31 4 года назад

      They don't speak this daily lmao

    • @danielacarrera2492
      @danielacarrera2492 4 года назад +1

      Adolfo L. But in the school they are learning this, so yeah there will be a LOT of children practicing this....it’s a lot worse lol

  • @pepperpie98
    @pepperpie98 4 года назад +1179

    Imagine them doing a protest, streets will be full of whistling shouts.

    • @fordrestored4646
      @fordrestored4646 4 года назад +3

      pepperpie catnice Everdeen has joined the chat

    • @sethmontana2683
      @sethmontana2683 4 года назад +1

      😂😂😂😂😂

    • @wulfherecyning1282
      @wulfherecyning1282 4 года назад +5

      "Whitt wiio, wewioo fwip, fwewewww whittt, wewwhat"
      "How beautiful. What are they whistling?"
      "They're chanting 'take it, money back, they evil, jew!'"
      (Its a joke, but even so I feel like I ought to clarify that I am joking and not implying that these people are anti-semitic lol)

    • @btnagasaki3029
      @btnagasaki3029 4 года назад +3

      finally wouldn't hear fat feminists yelling hey hey ho ho, (insert name here) has got to go

    • @MOON23SHADOW
      @MOON23SHADOW 4 года назад

      LOL 🤓

  • @jayhedley457
    @jayhedley457 4 года назад +2696

    No one:
    Absolutely no one:
    RUclips: Today we have decided that you are of the select few that have been chosen to be reccomend the lost art of the whistle language.

    • @glocksafari
      @glocksafari 4 года назад +18

      That would be me today.

    • @lisaborland7801
      @lisaborland7801 4 года назад +6

      That would also be me today 😂😂

    • @yenc1502
      @yenc1502 4 года назад +1

      Jay Hedley i have been chosen aswell

    • @openlisting4636
      @openlisting4636 4 года назад +1

      Time pays for it, hammerhead.

    • @gloriarosas475
      @gloriarosas475 4 года назад +1

      That would be me 🤚🏽

  • @yeeppeey1586
    @yeeppeey1586 5 лет назад +3389

    Imagine a stadium full of people chattering in sylbo

  • @greencreamscreen2068
    @greencreamscreen2068 6 лет назад +2879

    Imagine waking up in the morning thinking birds are whistling but its your mom saying, “rise and shine little shitball”

  • @Matt-oo8qn
    @Matt-oo8qn 4 года назад +2777

    Nobody:
    The dentist tooth drill thingy:

    • @imbhad6651
      @imbhad6651 4 года назад +74

      I always knew the dentist tooth drill thingy was trying to say something

    • @DankDope
      @DankDope 4 года назад +4

      Matt stfu

    • @michivel8788
      @michivel8788 4 года назад +10

      Now I can't unhear it.

    • @jakallergis
      @jakallergis 4 года назад +2

      Most underrated comment of all time

    • @temo810
      @temo810 4 года назад +3

      I fucking hate that sht cuz I swallow all the water it repels

  • @ecenbt
    @ecenbt 3 года назад +137

    Super interesting that the exact same way of communication through whistling also exist in a small village of Turkey, based on the turkish language, named kuşdili (bird language), and it was invented exactly for the same reason, mountainous geography and settlements far apart from each other :) what an insight to the human creativity

    • @jiminyjim823
      @jiminyjim823 2 года назад +1

      Turkey used to be part of greece. Iirc, thats where the city of troy was discovered

    • @Threezi04
      @Threezi04 Год назад +3

      @@jiminyjim823 It also uses to be part of Persia and of Rome, what is your point?

    • @xanv8051
      @xanv8051 Год назад

      Convergent?? Or related??!

    • @ruiz1871
      @ruiz1871 Год назад +1

      Same thing in the mountains and hills of Oaxaca in Mexico.

  • @lilianaramirez5004
    @lilianaramirez5004 5 лет назад +4153

    *Imagine having an argument*

  • @ra-ck9zi
    @ra-ck9zi 4 года назад +1802

    Boy: **whistles**
    Everyone: **laughs**
    Person who doesn't understand the language: **nervous laughter**

    • @twigtoyoulater
      @twigtoyoulater 4 года назад +4

      "let's nuke the world with North Korea*

    • @DaeBeanos
      @DaeBeanos 4 года назад +2

      **counts down in whistle**

    • @chemsolos
      @chemsolos 4 года назад

      Imagine they said *kill the white*
      Laughs like he knows what there saying
      5 minutes later 😕🙁😟😥😢😰☠

    • @Heralmon
      @Heralmon 4 года назад +1

      Trust me, in this island lives around 22k ppl, and most of the youngest generations doesn't know how to do it, but sometimes its so obvious that You can guess it without knowing how to whistle, I was borned here, almost 20 and NEVER learnt how to whistle even if in school until 14 y.o. they gave us a weekly sesson xD, anyways its pretty beautiful and I still love it and wanna learn it

    • @everythingispose-able2543
      @everythingispose-able2543 2 года назад

      That happens to me in my own language.

  • @XanMcC
    @XanMcC 4 года назад +4124

    Imagine getting jumped by a gang and one of them says: Tweet tweet tweet

  • @Booky42
    @Booky42 4 года назад +56

    I work in a department store, and saw two people speaking this language the other day. I was blown away. I remembered watching this video, but I never thought I'd encounter it in person. It's amazing!

  • @asens6241
    @asens6241 4 года назад +564

    It’s impossible to talk shit about someone unless they’re 7 kilometers away😂

    • @nvnax
      @nvnax 4 года назад

      😂😂😂😂

    • @rioclo4506
      @rioclo4506 4 года назад

      😂😂😂😂😂

    • @s.1829
      @s.1829 4 года назад

      😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @whitehonda2874
    @whitehonda2874 4 года назад +952

    So a flute is basically a microphone in this language?

    • @p1o328
      @p1o328 4 года назад +17

      Sven this is so underrated

    • @TheKb117
      @TheKb117 4 года назад +7

      I guess, it would be akin to singing :D

    • @communityEsc
      @communityEsc 4 года назад

      Good comment.

    • @josephblanchard6248
      @josephblanchard6248 4 года назад

      I love the way your mind works

    • @jude3426
      @jude3426 4 года назад

      Joseph Blanchard then you’d love the way this dick works

  • @hueranium1673
    @hueranium1673 5 лет назад +7875

    Meanwhile i dont even know how to whistle

  • @danielacarrera2492
    @danielacarrera2492 4 года назад +97

    This is amazing, I’m a native Spanish speaker and some of the things I heard I understood them! They are totally speaking Spanish but with whistles!

    • @damnmuggle
      @damnmuggle 2 года назад +3

      No shit

    • @luismaturano4774
      @luismaturano4774 2 года назад +5

      @@damnmuggle DAMMMM 😈💩🌚

    • @fercaism
      @fercaism Год назад +2

      Mentira

    • @sthom4bad
      @sthom4bad 11 месяцев назад +2

      I wish they had explained more about how it works. It just sounds like the same sound at different pitches to me.

    • @juanjosemg
      @juanjosemg 7 месяцев назад

      I speak Spanish and didn't understand a word

  • @lulumoe8357
    @lulumoe8357 4 года назад +3312

    you can see in the mans throat that he's decoding the guy's whistling

    • @vladmordekeiser1054
      @vladmordekeiser1054 4 года назад +67

      Good observation....

    • @emfisher8168
      @emfisher8168 4 года назад +44

      Yes like Morse Code..

    • @unknownf5376
      @unknownf5376 4 года назад +51

      I noticed that too like how an old person tries to hear every word you are saying they move their mouths with you. Not all old people tho

    • @liggerstuxin1
      @liggerstuxin1 4 года назад +1

      Crazy...

    • @cheapramen5762
      @cheapramen5762 4 года назад

      ..

  • @DrummaBoy202
    @DrummaBoy202 4 года назад +7872

    Imagine not being able to whistle and this is the standard language. You’re definitely going to be in special ed

    • @annav6037
      @annav6037 4 года назад +433

      I wonder if any people who cannot talk but can make some noises would do better with this language

    • @annlee9966
      @annlee9966 4 года назад +71

      Hahahah genuinely brought me joy reading this hahah

    • @Verbally.autistic
      @Verbally.autistic 4 года назад +44

      @@annav6037 oddly enough making certain noises is talking

    • @abraham115
      @abraham115 4 года назад +6

      Kripple Hippo 😂

    • @jmoreno1011
      @jmoreno1011 4 года назад +3

      Kripple Hippo 😭😭😂😂😂

  • @killa8526
    @killa8526 4 года назад +3588

    The real question no one is asking is, how do they read and write in this language?

    • @BinuJasim
      @BinuJasim 4 года назад +170

      Why is it hard? If there are say 100 distinct tones/whistles, then each tone can be assigned a letter. Or it could be a logographic writing system like Chinese/kanji. Tones are not so different from the normal English sounds coming from your throat (except of course that it is tedious). If one is possible to write, other should be as well.

    • @potusumanbibingka
      @potusumanbibingka 4 года назад +25

      well, if you're not fucking fool, you'd need not ask that question

    • @kanescrimes4848
      @kanescrimes4848 4 года назад +81

      @@BinuJasim Thweeeee be beeeee bwabeee thirtieeeee tweet deeee twaeeee daeeee?

    • @Saadbsth
      @Saadbsth 4 года назад +29

      Ffeeeeeee ooooo faaaaa oooo fefe fuuuuuuuu

    • @twylabobette2012
      @twylabobette2012 4 года назад +38

      There are several languages that don't have written forms, presumably this is one of them

  • @boo5868
    @boo5868 4 года назад +183

    Imagine what it’s like in their school cafes 😳

  • @dodecahedronicosahedron752
    @dodecahedronicosahedron752 4 года назад +2275

    birds be like, “they made a whole ass language out of us, lmfao.”

    • @leemsvg
      @leemsvg 4 года назад +3

      Lol

    • @PrinceOrSum
      @PrinceOrSum 4 года назад +1

      I’m the a thousandth like

    • @sxna4420
      @sxna4420 4 года назад +1

      did the birds tell u that

    • @RED-qu3pk
      @RED-qu3pk 4 года назад

      Imagine birds actually can talk but they just picked this up

    • @user-tp6un7ho9u
      @user-tp6un7ho9u 4 года назад

      hhhk20 fucking hysterical hahahahahah

  • @ЕмилЕфендулов
    @ЕмилЕфендулов 8 лет назад +1649

    An institute of language preservation should be created. This language like many other is dying, even though it's unique and beautiful. We can't let this happen.

    • @steverogers5889
      @steverogers5889 8 лет назад +27

      +Емил Ефендулов There are many university backed efforts to preserve languages, don't worry.

    • @ЕмилЕфендулов
      @ЕмилЕфендулов 8 лет назад +56

      Steve Rogers Is there a university preserving this language? I don't think so. Universities preserve languages that have value as a national heritage and languages that had a big historical influence.
      The small indigenous languages like this one and many other tribal languages are left to the mercy of time, and we all know how merciful time is :)
      P.S. I'm talking about a concentrated international effort. A place with a council with seats for every nation, a place where no language will get overlooked, no matter how small and insignificant it is.

    • @MrInkblots
      @MrInkblots 8 лет назад +18

      +Емил Ефендулов no, there's a government and school system preserving this one

    • @Kazilikaya
      @Kazilikaya 8 лет назад +28

      +Емил Ефендулов Schools in La Gomera are teaching this language to children to preserve its survival.

    • @Pyovali
      @Pyovali 8 лет назад +29

      I think linguistics in general should be a school subject

  • @charevandenheever4460
    @charevandenheever4460 4 года назад +397

    Me: Insults a Sylbo person.
    Sylbo person: *Rapid whistling*

  • @TruMaverick
    @TruMaverick 4 года назад +43

    My Great Grandfather loved to whistle. He would talk to me with a whistle. I could always understand exactly what each Whistle ment.
    I always knew that we where from somewhere lost in time.
    And my family doesn't know where we came from.This is actually my lost home....
    I might never be able to return.

    • @thunder_birdfps8294
      @thunder_birdfps8294 2 года назад +5

      Could also be from Greese, Turkey, or Mainland Africa!

    • @hibya2066
      @hibya2066 2 года назад

      Maybe you are a guanche

    • @davidoliva1036
      @davidoliva1036 Год назад +2

      @@thunder_birdfps8294 it's a curious thing you mention Mainland Africa. The first inhabitants of the canary islands came from the north of Africa, and even after the spanish conquest there are few things that still remains from before, as the names of people and places between many other things. But sylbo is only present on the island of La Gomera as far as i know...sometimes you can hear someone whistling on other islands but you tend to find out that those who whistle were born in La Gomera or have family on it.
      So if Sylbo has the possibility to come from Africa, it amazes me how can remain only on one island among other seven even when its one of the smallest and remote from Africa.

  • @sarahanwan
    @sarahanwan 4 года назад +1960

    They have a whole language made up a whistling while I can’t whistle

  • @vvvvinvasion
    @vvvvinvasion 4 года назад +2635

    Plot twist: they're literally all just whistling and the editors just added random subtitles

    • @NWAforLifee
      @NWAforLifee 4 года назад +8

      Miley Wadlinger 😂

    • @nabberbabbler
      @nabberbabbler 4 года назад +4

      Imagine lmaoooo

    • @jamesmartinez1633
      @jamesmartinez1633 4 года назад +50

      I could hear it with a dash of Spanish. Similar to someone mumbling or humming a song. You can still hear the tone/frequency of the sound and make/put patterns together that your brain can recognize. automatically.

    • @slowthegamedownjustalittle4629
      @slowthegamedownjustalittle4629 4 года назад +14

      Plot twist: they're just doing bird calls and they made it a documentary on some made up island

    • @aeromanalan
      @aeromanalan 4 года назад +7

      Miley Wadlinger I thought the same!!! Like what if all the people of this island came up with this elaborate prank just to be on the news😂

  • @gpcaraudio
    @gpcaraudio 6 лет назад +8955

    My dogs already seem to understand this language

    • @castroe3606
      @castroe3606 6 лет назад +5

      www.GPcarAudio.com Ha

    • @pablosolorzano4415
      @pablosolorzano4415 6 лет назад +257

      DUDE FOR REAL MY DOG WAS LOOKING AT ME THE WHOLE TIME LIKE “ayo tf you watching”

    • @castroe3606
      @castroe3606 6 лет назад +5

      Pablo Solorzano Ha my dog would would have done the same

    • @liljoke713
      @liljoke713 6 лет назад +8

      KillerFist 1510 I’m dealing w this rn 😂

    • @nodnoc
      @nodnoc 6 лет назад +8

      Pablo Solorzano my dog did the same thing hahaha

  • @VicTV636
    @VicTV636 4 года назад +118

    Learning a whistling language is gonna be hard,imagine people can’t barely learn written languages as it is.

    • @danielacarrera2492
      @danielacarrera2492 4 года назад +24

      Vics TV if you know Spanish, it’s not that hard. They are speaking Spanish but with whistles. Once you understand the tones for the vowels and the sounds of the consonants is not complicated anymore. I don’t speak silbo gomero but I’m a native Spanish speaker and after hearing a lot of phrases translate to whistles, it totally makes sense and you can comprehend some words! It’s truly amazing

    • @Fr00stee
      @Fr00stee 4 года назад +2

      you could probably apply the same principle as this language to english

    • @nicovaniseghem
      @nicovaniseghem 3 года назад +2

      Its like if you switched all the vowels in english to a. At tha and ya wall andarstand what thaa ara sayang

    • @nicovaniseghem
      @nicovaniseghem 3 года назад

      @@Fr00stee when they where speaking to the tourist they did it, just with german

    • @lali4540
      @lali4540 3 года назад

      I wonder if I will get a response with my American accent.

  • @undscvr
    @undscvr 4 года назад +2349

    Imagine casually whistling a song but they hear
    "Imma kill this whole society"

  • @Barthaneous34
    @Barthaneous34 9 лет назад +2514

    Plus this would have been great in war time...Soldiers would just think " what the hell type of birds are those?" and then BOOM ..ambushed.haha

    • @MrHoodie
      @MrHoodie 8 лет назад +123

      Absolutely! When they were on the mountains communicating about the Journalist I was thinking "Wow, they sound like freaking birds!"

    • @abd-al-haqal-haqiqi6981
      @abd-al-haqal-haqiqi6981 7 лет назад +10

      Barthaneous
      i bet you're a yankeee

    • @Barthaneous34
      @Barthaneous34 7 лет назад +11

      Hiwa Joe nope im a Met. :)

    • @Hairysteed
      @Hairysteed 7 лет назад +61

      Only useful at first. The enemy would pick up on the whistling and just listen to your plans. You'd also be giving your positions away

    • @V3RTiGo7
      @V3RTiGo7 6 лет назад +1

      Barthaneous OMG we both had the same thought and I just posted a similar comment.

  • @viaazx69
    @viaazx69 4 года назад +1770

    me: * whistles *
    sylbo speaker wondering why I just threatened to eat his shower:

    • @nileriver1632
      @nileriver1632 4 года назад +7

      lol, wot? EAT HIS SHWOEELE

    • @BabyRedRuby
      @BabyRedRuby 4 года назад

      Lol

    • @COSCOSBEATS
      @COSCOSBEATS 4 года назад +4

      Bruh 😂

    • @Jaxnay219
      @Jaxnay219 4 года назад +1

      lol, wot? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 your username perfectly describes what I was thinking!!!

    • @leu3368
      @leu3368 4 года назад

      Me: Whistles= *Me voy a comer tu baño*
      Him : ¿¡qué cara-?! ( *what the fu-?!* )

  • @emilieipsen1874
    @emilieipsen1874 4 года назад +29

    I went to La Gomera once when I was around 8 and at one of the restaurants they used this "language". after taking our orders the waitress whistles to the chef in the back what the orders were. the island is absolutely beautiful and the people there are very kind

  • @ember4769
    @ember4769 5 лет назад +4197

    So does this mean they think in whistles too?

    • @ryanpalumbo9861
      @ryanpalumbo9861 5 лет назад +739

      Ember wait im having a mental breakdown. can they do that? shit.

    • @patricksigler2438
      @patricksigler2438 5 лет назад +303

      Stop kind fucking me

    • @aguynamedbenny
      @aguynamedbenny 5 лет назад +14

      What

    • @laide3184
      @laide3184 5 лет назад +362

      Ember They can probably dream in whistle too... 😭

    • @davemarx7856
      @davemarx7856 5 лет назад +27

      Vocal Chord Parasite
      Metallic Archaea
      LaLiLuLeLo
      SCISSORS
      WHOOOOOOO

  • @maddiperkins5689
    @maddiperkins5689 4 года назад +430

    Nobody:
    The ad of the video: duolingo, learn a new language today

    • @jeek3452
      @jeek3452 4 года назад

      Damn, I got babble instead lol

  • @tollycrump4317
    @tollycrump4317 4 года назад +2146

    Imagine what an argument sounds like at a family dinner.

    • @oldmanballs
      @oldmanballs 4 года назад +26

      Imagine if you had a brain

    • @kaiheejeu
      @kaiheejeu 4 года назад +43

      @Miserable Shit cause he doesn't have a brain

    • @thevibelord4791
      @thevibelord4791 4 года назад +24

      @@oldmanballs are you secret agent Chad thundercock

    • @oldmanballs
      @oldmanballs 4 года назад +1

      @@thevibelord4791 yes. Big brain big penis

    • @PeaceNinja007
      @PeaceNinja007 4 года назад +28

      You guys should whistle it out

  • @Elize-q9v
    @Elize-q9v 3 года назад +20

    This is interesting. I've never thought that people could communicate with others without uttering a single world. This is mind blowing.

    • @oniongummy8969
      @oniongummy8969 3 года назад +2

      Ever see a mime?

    • @laurenmontera9516
      @laurenmontera9516 2 года назад +3

      That's why I love sign language. I was able to communicate with my hands to my fiance while listening with my ears to the man on the phone. It's also great over long distances, noisy places, through windows or if one of us can't speak.

  • @Rachel0430
    @Rachel0430 5 лет назад +6522

    Imagine being a child and not being able to whistle lmfaooooo

    • @espurr6628
      @espurr6628 5 лет назад +60

      rachel galish i was thinking the same lmao

    • @notyogurt1464
      @notyogurt1464 5 лет назад +205

      Well they teach you, unless your tongue was removed for whatever reason

    • @espurr6628
      @espurr6628 5 лет назад +34

      Not Yogurt yeah i know but what if ur a baby or just a really young child who hasn’t mastered ot yet lmaoo , what is the person gonna say then.

    • @midas01tw
      @midas01tw 5 лет назад +11

      oɥ ʎǝɐɥ ʎǝɐɥ

    • @angelairwaves
      @angelairwaves 5 лет назад +87

      Espurr ...you mean like regular babies, who can’t talk yet?

  • @raikol.7153
    @raikol.7153 4 года назад +390

    I believe my nose speaks the same language during winter season.

  • @maddo_2197
    @maddo_2197 4 года назад +577

    Imagine a rap in Sylbo, or like someone cussing someone out in Sylbo

    • @levilivesinwisconsin
      @levilivesinwisconsin 2 года назад +2

      How does this comment have 468 likes and no comments

    • @satgurs
      @satgurs 2 года назад +5

      How does this comment have 506 likes and two comments

    • @JoseCastillo-fk4yy
      @JoseCastillo-fk4yy 2 года назад +4

      How does This comment have 513 likes and 3 comments

    • @user-lv6km5pz4q
      @user-lv6km5pz4q 2 года назад +4

      How does this comment have 514 likes and 4 comments

    • @seriouspain4136
      @seriouspain4136 2 года назад +3

      How does this comment have 515 likes and 5 comments

  • @brookeschmidt6737
    @brookeschmidt6737 4 года назад +24

    This is so beautiful, they sound like song birds.

  • @teyoshariff5598
    @teyoshariff5598 4 года назад +207

    The birds in that areas must be confused.
    Like "who just called me"

  • @socrates7996
    @socrates7996 6 лет назад +1571

    Shout out to the Spanish government for funding that helped keep this language alive and shout out to PBS. Always teaching me something new and fascinating.

    • @lilwaffles714
      @lilwaffles714 6 лет назад +37

      Raphael Giraldo Made possible by viewers like you. Thank you.

    • @brock3157
      @brock3157 6 лет назад

      Erick Martinez lol why do I get this

    • @kenansabic2901
      @kenansabic2901 6 лет назад

      H m m m m m m Eh. It's not that bad. All things must come to an end.

    • @CocoOPNY
      @CocoOPNY 6 лет назад

      Raphael Giraldo Shout out to Time, Inc. :)

    • @absinthexiii4376
      @absinthexiii4376 5 лет назад

      Kenan Šabić same goes for you!

  • @amoeebaaa6753
    @amoeebaaa6753 4 года назад +208

    When they said: "pwwfttt pwffftt"
    *I felt that*

  • @Megacooltommydee
    @Megacooltommydee 8 лет назад +3393

    "R2-D2, how rude of you!"

    • @maxkim7937
      @maxkim7937 8 лет назад +10

      lol

    • @bromancerules28
      @bromancerules28 7 лет назад +19

      * Gets a hard slap in the face hard after whistling R2-D2 *

    • @lokchucklindryfry94
      @lokchucklindryfry94 6 лет назад +9

      Now i know its not gibberish.

    • @Wavemaninawe
      @Wavemaninawe 5 лет назад

      Felipe Esparza established that R2-D2 is a Mexican. The correct pronounciation is 'Arturito' though.

  • @GoCrazyBaby3
    @GoCrazyBaby3 4 года назад +422

    When they laughted when he said he didn’t feel like it it really hit me that they completely understand each other based JUST on whistling. AMAZING

    • @fvckinkys9439
      @fvckinkys9439 4 года назад +25

      I know right? At that moment it al sank in that they ACTUALLY understand eachother.

    • @nandisteynberg5427
      @nandisteynberg5427 2 года назад +15

      We can understand each other by the way we express our vocals, and we can communicate that language through symbols. Honestly the fact that we can find so many ways to communicate is just brilliant and just so fricken awesome

    • @mexicarspotter
      @mexicarspotter 2 года назад

      They didnt laugh whistling tho....

  • @joshisnot11
    @joshisnot11 4 года назад +545

    Seems pretty obvious that birds are communicating far more than we think.

    • @DawkinsPlays
      @DawkinsPlays 4 года назад +1

      Does it?

    • @jnx4803
      @jnx4803 4 года назад +3

      So you are assuming that birds have the same level of vocabulary as humans because humans can convey trough whistling large and complex sentences? #DOUBT

    • @matthewdrury7264
      @matthewdrury7264 4 года назад +3

      Normie Peasant it’s proven animals have some sort of communication, pretty sure only a few things to chirp about tho lol

    • @daltonrenick5184
      @daltonrenick5184 4 года назад +2

      If you ever find yourself bird watching a pair of Cardinals (male and female) will chirp back and forth to each other while looking for food.

    • @joshisnot11
      @joshisnot11 4 года назад +1

      JINXtheGamer Read what I wrote again.
      Nowhere did I say they have the same level of vocabulary as humans.
      Are you just looking for an argument?

  • @cannedstarfish6194
    @cannedstarfish6194 3 года назад +4

    I'm from China, and I've seen comedians using a improvised "whistle Chinese" to imitate birds talking. I've always wondered if a fully functional whistle language could exist, this video is a beautiful answer : )

  • @mr.e1220
    @mr.e1220 4 года назад +694

    Imagine thinking the birds are outside enjoying the day when actually the fireman is telling you in sylbo that your home is on fire and to get out.

    • @Simaq7
      @Simaq7 4 года назад +1

      😂😂😂😂

    • @jasmineskyy4964
      @jasmineskyy4964 4 года назад

      Why would a fireman tell you to get out from outside?

    • @lyncaho4507
      @lyncaho4507 4 года назад +1

      🤭🤭😁👍

    • @Ricky911_
      @Ricky911_ 4 года назад +2

      500th like btw

    • @mr.e1220
      @mr.e1220 4 года назад

      @@jasmineskyy4964 the fireman is trying to warn you, in sylbo, yet you are relaxed and think it's the birds outside singing.

  • @xtomppa9974
    @xtomppa9974 4 года назад +1760

    Imagine a whole school just whistle in the hallways. That would be so annoying if that school holds more than 200 people

    • @emmamoscoso9742
      @emmamoscoso9742 4 года назад +34

      xTomppa I feel like it’d be like, how it is with students talking? Maybe it becomes background noise ?

    • @skullsaintdead
      @skullsaintdead 4 года назад +26

      @@emmamoscoso9742 Exactly, it's the one distinct, random sound that is irritating (a single car horn etc). But a collection of similar noises would just blend into one, like how you get a normal collective noise of people talking at recess, not as annoying as one random kid shouting.

    • @danielhenderson762
      @danielhenderson762 4 года назад +8

      But 190 people whistling, granted, is just fine

    • @vivelise16
      @vivelise16 4 года назад +3

      that would b annoying asf regardless of how many ppl. if its early in the morning idc who it is, they catching these hands.

    • @chemsolos
      @chemsolos 4 года назад

      That's why you ingest aids into your ears before they bleed

  • @andrewglinski4722
    @andrewglinski4722 5 лет назад +1856

    Could you image trying to have a conversation in a crowded room?

    • @gerardoescobedolobatos7498
      @gerardoescobedolobatos7498 5 лет назад +43

      I would be funny. But that's not the way they use it I believe

    • @DGalzak
      @DGalzak 5 лет назад +1

      Yeah I can image

    • @DGalzak
      @DGalzak 5 лет назад

      @Garrett King hahaha

    • @matacabrones4317
      @matacabrones4317 4 года назад +12

      @@DGalzak it was used to speak across steep canions

    • @DGalzak
      @DGalzak 4 года назад +1

      @@matacabrones4317 i don't know why i always get the image of using smoke to communicate

  • @lisamarieva3514
    @lisamarieva3514 4 года назад +8

    I could listen to the last man they showed, Pancho the herdsman, talk and whistle all day. Something about him is so interesting and almost calming.

    • @isenpellegrin7514
      @isenpellegrin7514 3 года назад

      I think we all wish we could be Pancho the Herdsman...

  • @robertogonzalez1907
    @robertogonzalez1907 4 года назад +605

    Let’s just wait another 6 years for RUclips to recommend this again.

  • @tannergladue5671
    @tannergladue5671 4 года назад +398

    Imagine being at a house party. & everyone’s whistling loud asf

    • @JoeChalk
      @JoeChalk 4 года назад +2

      Tanner Gladue With loud ass whistling music 🤣

  • @acecake2241
    @acecake2241 4 года назад +600

    I didn’t realise orthodontist tools spoke the Sylbo language!

  • @TheToddtw
    @TheToddtw 3 года назад +2

    How beautiful. I even love the one student giving the other student a hard time.

  • @darkscorpion6534
    @darkscorpion6534 4 года назад +1100

    This might be a crazy language, but it is absolutely fascinating.

    • @TriniLush7
      @TriniLush7 4 года назад +1

      Dark Scorpion indeed!

    • @henazz2561
      @henazz2561 2 года назад +1

      I want to learn it so bad

    • @Hydro2oo9
      @Hydro2oo9 Год назад

      @@henazz2561 You'll have to learn Spanish first, if not already.

  • @tennciayyoung7336
    @tennciayyoung7336 4 года назад +149

    Can you imagine casually whistling and accidentally insulting someone

  • @xae2621
    @xae2621 4 года назад +590

    funny how this gets recommended to everyone almost at the same time

  • @MsGoldieFish
    @MsGoldieFish 4 года назад +13

    Tuve que hacer una presentación sobre las canarias el año pasado y aprendé de esta lengua. Es muy fascinante y bella, y de verdad espero visitar a las islas y tratar aprender un poco de la lengua. ¡Excelente video!

  • @Batmanderp38
    @Batmanderp38 5 лет назад +1735

    Im instantly thinking to an apocalyptic scenario where this language can be used i would totally go to this island to learn this language

    • @smokeybear1925
      @smokeybear1925 5 лет назад +50

      Alexander McLucas in what apocalyptic situation is this useful

    • @surviveseparation
      @surviveseparation 5 лет назад +57

      Don’t whistle in the apoc ??
      Literally in every apoc movie and game it’s known that noise can bring danger tf

    • @victorroque5667
      @victorroque5667 5 лет назад +52

      He's actually very right. Imagine a world where it's a free for all for groups of people. One group that knows this language has an advantage at hunting and attacking a hostile group with out them knowing😁 so yes its VERY useful👍👍

    • @JEASOUA
      @JEASOUA 5 лет назад +19

      @@victorroque5667 imagine trying to creep up on an unknowing group of people and whistling all around them. You would be very prepared. Visual communication such as hand movements or a before-made plan would work better than whistling.

    • @surviveseparation
      @surviveseparation 5 лет назад +2

      victor roque Whistling. Loudly. All around a group.
      I’m-

  • @charsfm5203
    @charsfm5203 6 лет назад +4262

    Now we can know what bastion is saying

  • @Changenow-ze2sl
    @Changenow-ze2sl 6 лет назад +508

    This brings up the question as to how advanced birds chirping is.

    • @Changenow-ze2sl
      @Changenow-ze2sl 6 лет назад +2

      . yes.......S..I...................................

    • @Changenow-ze2sl
      @Changenow-ze2sl 6 лет назад +2

      Patriot Jefferson well your bird does not really understand the things he says he only loosely ascosiates them with somthing

    • @edsp666
      @edsp666 6 лет назад +3

      If you are still interested there have been a fair amount of studies on the 'languages' of crows and ravens, I recommend looking them up its really interesting how much they can communicate

    • @elvancor
      @elvancor 6 лет назад

      James Furey
      I think people have studied bird calls enough to have a good grasp of what they can and cannot convey.

    • @elvancor
      @elvancor 6 лет назад +1

      James Furey
      Calm down. I'll believe there's more to bird calls as soon as someone who's actually been studying them has published proof that there is and got it peer reviewed at least twice. But I won't be a guy who hasn't got the first clue about bird calls, watches a video of people talking in whistles rather than words, signs or letters and goes "I bet bird communication is too complex for our human minds to understand and you can't prove that I'm wrong!!".

  • @3ゴーストカンガルー
    @3ゴーストカンガルー 4 года назад +195

    Me: **whistles catchy song thats stuck in my head**
    Sylbo speakers: **confused why i want to summon a watermelon shark to take over the planet**

    • @hiimryan2388
      @hiimryan2388 4 года назад +7

      *grounds turns into water melon juice

    • @theneutron2003
      @theneutron2003 3 года назад +1

      Watermelon shark? STEVEN UNIVERSE

  • @mrpeaches218
    @mrpeaches218 5 лет назад +1854

    Makes me wonder what they hear from R2D2

    • @kumeno6507
      @kumeno6507 5 лет назад +15

      Mrpeaches21 lol I love you

    • @k8c741
      @k8c741 5 лет назад +9

      Mrpeaches21 Marry me

    • @tr258
      @tr258 5 лет назад +25

      @Chole and Nia forever dance moms Jedi business. Go back to your drinks.

    • @henryofskalitz4879
      @henryofskalitz4879 5 лет назад

      Arthur short whistle is a quick snappy Boah

    • @emeyeenaych
      @emeyeenaych 5 лет назад +1

      “b o a h c o m e h e r e” i think would be the translation

  • @spiderjunky6417
    @spiderjunky6417 4 года назад +1369

    Woman: "I thought he was whistling at me." Man: "No he was talking to the Reporter."

    • @jolienvsndijk
      @jolienvsndijk 4 года назад +30

      Now I really want to know what the regular catcall whistle would translate to in Sylbo.

    • @diegodelgado9764
      @diegodelgado9764 4 года назад +8

      = come get this d

  • @Jerf1
    @Jerf1 4 года назад +743

    Imagine being woken up early by “noisy birds” only to see a group of people whistling to each other.

  • @trippjones14
    @trippjones14 4 года назад +56

    my dog, next to me, just turned his head and gave me a strange look...

    • @Shyuthrosnaevin
      @Shyuthrosnaevin 4 года назад +1

      You're in for it now...

    • @angswiger198
      @angswiger198 4 года назад +3

      Mine too!! But not until like 3/4 thru the video. Whatever that whistle meant .. my dog was offended 😂

    • @danielacarrera2492
      @danielacarrera2492 4 года назад +1

      I use whistles to call my dog. When I played the video my dog was so confused trying to understand why my cellphone is calling him 😂

    • @kothule01
      @kothule01 4 года назад

      😂 😂 😂

  • @rooktookyouracer6152
    @rooktookyouracer6152 4 года назад +491

    Imagine whistle rappers
    Your generation had biggie
    Mine has lil tulipz

  • @jasonbourne5851
    @jasonbourne5851 9 лет назад +2388

    That's pretty crazy. I would have never guessed that there was a whistling language. I suppose whistling is a form of communication just like anything else, but I guess I never thought of it that way before. Very cool.

    • @redrifter9586
      @redrifter9586 8 лет назад +25

      If you think this is interesting, look up click languages. Those are really something.

    • @cameoshadowness7757
      @cameoshadowness7757 7 лет назад

      jason bourne Same.

    • @-SUM1-
      @-SUM1- 6 лет назад +3

      There are many whistling registers used alongside indigenous languages. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whistle_register

    • @mrgman757
      @mrgman757 6 лет назад

      jason bourne I don't see a importance of this language so it doesn't bother me if it goes away

    • @WaterFlame957
      @WaterFlame957 6 лет назад

      RedRifter You took the words right out of my mouth. 👍👍👍

  • @anipanini2467
    @anipanini2467 4 года назад +580

    Imagine just casually whistling to yourself on this island and get beaten up for saying something offensive 🤣

    • @anarchyandempires5452
      @anarchyandempires5452 4 года назад +15

      Whistles the kill bill song, get beat up for accidentally calling the people knockoff Mexicans.

    • @kaylag5043
      @kaylag5043 4 года назад +1

      Haha 😂

  • @pork_friedrice
    @pork_friedrice Год назад +1

    This is why I love RUclips, learning new things, amazing

  • @areith2295
    @areith2295 4 года назад +2282

    Me: *Whistling*
    Sylbo speaker: *Did you just called my goat fat?*

    • @BiggestMessiFan12334
      @BiggestMessiFan12334 4 года назад +15

      Omg your so funny😂🤣😄🤣😂🤣🤣😄😂😂😫😫😖🤣😂🤣

    • @briannayourfellowarmy491
      @briannayourfellowarmy491 4 года назад +10

      YOUR PROFILE PICTURE I CANT😂

    • @JDMatthias
      @JDMatthias 4 года назад +7

      No I called you the son of a motherless goat! Dude get it right

    • @areith2295
      @areith2295 4 года назад +6

      J.D. Matthias best comment.

    • @alyssaboatwright4449
      @alyssaboatwright4449 4 года назад +2

      Hey!! Give Jimin his jams back!!
      Namjoon: Jimin...you got no jams.
      Hoseok: (makes weird but AdOrAbLe faces)
      💜💜💜

  • @lacktoesintolerant8204
    @lacktoesintolerant8204 5 лет назад +794

    Imagine sylbo speakers putting a bag over your head and you hear one of them whistle "feed him to the birds"

    • @delet536
      @delet536 5 лет назад

      lack toes intolerant LOO

    • @Alexd36v
      @Alexd36v 5 лет назад +1

      lack toes intolerant lmaooo

    • @toky9_winter540
      @toky9_winter540 5 лет назад

      (Insert michel jackson shocked faced)

    • @delet536
      @delet536 5 лет назад

      T.C.O.J The commenter Of Justice/lol 🤔🤔

    • @bruh-dj5uo
      @bruh-dj5uo 5 лет назад

      in toddler ants*

  • @CzarPrismo
    @CzarPrismo 4 года назад +3168

    Me: *Whistles At a Girl*
    Her: "ugh, boys are so stupid"
    Me: "I asked u where the nearest bus station is"
    Her: *Slaps Me*

  • @holdup2696
    @holdup2696 4 года назад +93

    When that one guy said: **whistling noises**
    I felt that 🤘😔

  • @cheeseck7205
    @cheeseck7205 4 года назад +215

    Video title: the last speakers of the lost whistling language
    Birds: *am i a joke to you?*

  • @squizzle7210
    @squizzle7210 5 лет назад +4965

    Imagine being a rapper

    • @bastion4366
      @bastion4366 5 лет назад +171

      That be dope af

    • @elyeyi369
      @elyeyi369 5 лет назад +238

      Your lyrics would blend in with the beat and ppl would just say " damn bruh, that beat is fire" lol

    • @BigD8190
      @BigD8190 5 лет назад +86

      Every bird would be Eminem

    • @HonorableGrandson
      @HonorableGrandson 5 лет назад +13

      Squizzle *Whistling Intensifies*

    • @deazy6453
      @deazy6453 5 лет назад +3

      That's gotta be dope lol

  • @localdreamer13
    @localdreamer13 4 года назад +558

    It must be hard to keep from getting caught while talking in class.

  • @filipar
    @filipar 4 года назад +22

    Imagine having an argument in this language...

    • @puck9321
      @puck9321 4 года назад +3

      “SQUEEEEE” “SQUEEE SQUE SQUUEEEE”

  • @cerealscerealscereals
    @cerealscerealscereals 4 года назад +638

    lisp: exists
    sylbo people: *visible panic*