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TIL Silbo Gomero is a whistled register of Spanish (a variety of language), that is used by inhabitants of La Gomera, in the Canary Islands. It wasused to communicate across deep ravines and valleys. In 2009, UNESCO declared it a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity.

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