Example of Silbo Gomero Stimuli

YouTube Preview Image

This video shows an example of the Silbo Gomero (whistled Spanish) stimuli used in our studies.
Silbo Gomero is a whistled surrogate language of Spanish, used in parts of the Canary Islands, that originally evolved for shepherds to communicate over long distances. The speech sounds of Spanish are replaced by whistled contours through conventionalized patterns, but the rhythm, prosody, and structure of Spanish remain.
If you follow along with the red ball in the video, you can see how Silbo Gomero maps on to Spanish.
Any questions about these stimuli can be directed to lamay@psych.ubc.ca.