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Listen to the language: | Listen to the language: | ||
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Videos on the language: | Videos on the language: | ||
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==== Language vitality according to: ==== | ==== Language vitality according to: ==== | ||
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Silbo Gomero is a whistled language used by the inhabitants of La Gomera, an island located in the west coast of Africa, in the Spanish Canary Islands. | Silbo Gomero is a whistled language used by the inhabitants of La Gomera, an island located in the west coast of Africa, in the Spanish Canary Islands. | ||
It is considered the only whistled language in the world that is fully developed and practised by a large community. Certainly, it is estimated to be spoken by more than 22,000 inhabitants. | It is considered the only whistled language in the world that is fully developed and practised by a large community. Certainly, it is estimated to be spoken by more than 22,000 inhabitants. | ||
- | Initially, it was used to solve the serious problems of communication suffered by the inhabitants caused by the difficult orography of the island, which is formed by deep valleys and rifts. It was also employed during the activities of shepherding.((S.Garcia. //Silbo Gomero//. (2015, December 18). [[http:// | + | Initially, it was used to solve the serious problems of communication suffered by the inhabitants caused by the difficult orography of the island, which is formed by deep valleys and rifts. It was also employed during the activities of shepherding.((S.Garcia. (2015, December 18). //Silbo Gomero//. [[http:// |
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====== Education of the language ====== | ====== Education of the language ====== | ||
===== History of language education: ===== | ===== History of language education: ===== | ||
- | Silbo Gomero is understood and practiced by the vast majority of all islanders, especially the elderly. Today, like centuries ago, the whistled language was used to transmit news, announce celebrations, | + | Silbo Gomero is understood and practiced by the vast majority of all islanders, especially the elderly. Today, like centuries ago, the whistled language was used to transmit news, announce celebrations, |
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- | (( Consejera de Educación, Universidades, | + | (( Consejera de Educación, Universidades, |
- | The use of the whistle declined gradually in La Gomera until the end of the 1970s, when local and cultural entities of the island started promoting its revitalization.(( Victoria González Ares//El Silbo Gomero en el sistema educativo canario// | + | The use of the whistle declined gradually in La Gomera until the end of the 1970s, when local and cultural entities of the island started promoting its revitalization.(( Victoria González Ares. (2016, May 18). //El Silbo Gomero en el sistema educativo canario// |
- | Finally, since July 1999, Silbo Gomero is taught in schools so to guarantee that knowledge of the language is transmitted to new generations.((UNESCO committee// | + | Finally, since July 1999, Silbo Gomero is taught in schools so to guarantee that knowledge of the language is transmitted to new generations.((UNESCO committee. (2019, October). |
===== Legislation of language education: ===== | ===== Legislation of language education: ===== | ||
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* On July 26, 1997, the Parliament of the Canary Islands passed a Non-Law Proposition requesting the Government of the Canary Islands to include the whistle of La Gomera in the education system of the island. | * On July 26, 1997, the Parliament of the Canary Islands passed a Non-Law Proposition requesting the Government of the Canary Islands to include the whistle of La Gomera in the education system of the island. | ||
* In addition, the Law 4/1999 from March 15th (the Historic Patrimony of the Canary Islands) defines Silbo Gomero as part of the ethnographic heritage of the Canary Islands. | * In addition, the Law 4/1999 from March 15th (the Historic Patrimony of the Canary Islands) defines Silbo Gomero as part of the ethnographic heritage of the Canary Islands. | ||
- | * Law 4/1999 gave rise to order 1118/2001, which defined the // | + | * Law 4/1999 gave rise to order 1118/2001, which defined the // |
==== UNESCO legislation: | ==== UNESCO legislation: | ||
- | On September 30, 2009, Silbo Gomero was included in the UNESCO’s Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity((UNESCO committee// | + | On September 30, 2009, Silbo Gomero was included in the UNESCO’s Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity((UNESCO committee. (2019, October). |
===== Support structure ===== | ===== Support structure ===== |
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