Piccole lingue DOC 2 / Kleinsprachen DOC 2

An Island, a poem, a dream. Disappearance and reappearance of a whistled language, the Silbo. But is there such a thing as a language of birds? How can such an elaborate set of sounds – whether vocalized by birds or dedicated human bird-whistlers – not be language? “Silabario” recounts the history and transmission of this miraculous patrimony from the island of La Gomera.