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Hmong Tribal people History, demography, Language, Lifestyle, Clothing
China's Hmong Tribe (People communicate like Birds) Special Features, History, Language, Lifestyle, demography, population, Clothing, Dress
Hmong people of China communicate through the whistle language. It has been identified in more than 70 groups in the world who can use whistles to communicate with others within their community.
The sounds normally used by farmers to chat across their fields and hunters to call to his friends in their forest. Whistle language is most beautifully expressed among couples to communicate with each other. If a girl responds, the couple then starts a flirty dialogue. They create their own code syllabus so that both of them understand.
The open valleys of La Gomera offer ideal conditions to carry whistled signals sometimes as far as 8km (5 miles). These cryptic languages can also be a weapon of war. The Australian army hired people to send whistle message over the radio so that Japnese army can not decode it.
Hmong people tend to say okay or yes when they actually mean no. At Hmong homes avoid or refusing refreshments it is a sign of being offensive. Whistled languages are not just the stuff of legend, but an effective way of communication for millions of people living today. It may seem impossible to imagine the ways that the rising and falling tones could convey meaning.
