单词 | whistle-speech |
释义 | > as lemmaswhistle-speech whistle-speech n. a system of communication by whistling based on the spoken language, found esp. among peoples of mountainous districts and used to communicate over long distances. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > a language > [noun] > whistled language whistled language or speech1948 whistle-speech1948 whistle-language1956 silbo1957 1948 Language 24 280 (heading) Mazateco whistle speech. 1972 R. R. K. Hartmann & F. C. Stork Dict. Lang. & Linguistics 255/2 Young English children often use whistle speech as a game. 1979 L. Campbell in L. Campbell & M. Mithun Langs. Native Amer. 958 Whistle speech is shared by Amuzgo, Mazatec,..some Nahua dialects, and Mexican Kickapoo. < as lemmas |
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