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Re:Dolphins Call Each Other By Name by ChrisCooper on Wednesday February 20, 2013 @06:21PM (#5254065)
Very true. On that topic, "...these communications consist of whistles, not words." Not to suggest that they're actually speaking a language, but a language consisting of whistles could still easily contain words. It would just have a different set of sounds.
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Re:Dolphins Call Each Other By Name by kaybe on Wednesday February 20, 2013 @07:02PM (#5254319)
It's not like it would be a new concept to humankind:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whistle_language

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