Thursday, January 29, 2009

Whistling Languages

Theres a few of them all over the world. Crazy as hell. Fuck, and I can't even whistle.



http://www.sil.org/mexico/chinanteca/sochiapam/sup/conversChifl-cso.mp3
"
Francisco!
F: Hei¹³ Hey!

M: Ha³ jinh¹ cuóh¹³ hnú² né³² né³ réi¹³. Where are you going today?
F: Má² ñí¹jáɨh²¹ hmá²cá²fe²¹ nia²¹ réi¹³. I'm going to clean the weeds around my coffee plants.
M: Hí¹ cuá¹jéih³² hmá² cá²fe²¹ nú² réi¹³. What, you're going to clean around your coffee plants?
F: Ján³ réi¹³. Yes.
M: Jan¹ réi¹³. All right.
M: Hí¹ haɨ²¹ mandarina ja¹ hmá² cá²fe²¹ quián¹³ nú² né³ réi¹³.
What, are there tangerines planted among your coffee plants?

................."

No comments:

Post a Comment