This is a really weird language, but also very interesting. Buusuu apparently has a course in it if you really need to try to learn it.
So, here's how it's weird.
Silbo Gomero is a whistle-language, where the speakers 'whistle in Spanish' so that they can be heard across canyons and stuff on the Canary Island that this language originates from.
If you know Spanish, you can kinda figure it out, but it is still very weird. The one time I heard it, admittedly on an episode of QI, it sounded a bit like a cringy high voice was speaking through a napkin, for lack of a better comparison.
Considering that it's all done in whistles, they did have to break down the language to only a few sounds so that it can survive distortion from the surroundings better, turning the entire language into two sounds for vowels and five for consonants, give or take. The interesting thing is that the language used to have a basis in another language, but it got adopted into Spanish when the conquistadors came around
Even with phones and whatnot, there are a lot of people working to keep around the only whistled language in the world, which I totally support. If I were better at whistling, I might try to learn it myself.
I don't know how to put the sounds here, so I'm adding a few Youtube sources that you can listen to and learn more. I just got reminded of this and thought it was something really cool to share. I hope you enjoyed learning and I hope that I'll be back soon, despite my recent issues with things.
Sources;
Language Museum-- Silbo Gomero
Unesco-- Intangible Heritage-- Silbo Gomero
Youtube--Euromaxx-- The Ancient Whistle Language of Silbo Gomero
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