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Re:Whistle: Speech to Text in 16.9 MB by mejutoco on Thursday October 08, 2026 @01:48PM (#50009236)
A good project for training an llm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silbo_Gomero

Re:Whistle: Speech to Text in 16.9 MB by jasonwatkinspdx on Thursday October 08, 2026 @01:59PM (#50009437)
I've met folks that descend from the Zapotec in southern Mexico, and they still use whistling language to talk to each other across mountain valleys.
Re:Whistle: Speech to Text in 16.9 MB by stymaar on Thursday October 08, 2026 @02:48PM (#50010224)
There are still people speaking a whisking language in the south-west of France[1], not many but it's being taught in school there to preserve it[2]

[1]: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langage_siffl%C3%A9_d%27Aas

[2]: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4lxhsi