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Silbo on the Canary Islands, Spain, and Tecp á n island is one of the best-studied whistled languages. Number of distinctive sounds or phonemes in this language is a fellow differences varying from two to five vowels and 4 to 9 consonants issues. This difference may reflect the speaker's abilities and differences in methods used to contrast to seek. Those voices enabled us to communicate people 2.5 kilometers away.

until the late 50, Gomera is a place where there are few roads and almost no phone. Age, as roads are built and cell phones become available, El Silbo need to be reduced. In 1982, the local Government decided to teach El Silbo in school.