Musical languages Musical languages Eaiea is an artificial language, devised by Bruce Koestner. It is based on the western 12-step chromatic scale, and can thus be whistled or played on a musical instrument as well as spoken simultaneously with a phololigical language by singer. ...more on Wikipedia about "Eaiea"
A language of the birds, verbal/musical communication or language used by birds, or a mystical or divine language, is postulated in mythology, medieval literature and occultism. From the Renaissance, it was the inspiration for some magical a priori languages, in particular musical languages. Whistled languages based or constructed on or articulated natural languages used in some cultures are sometimes also referred to, and compared with, the language of the birds. ...more on Wikipedia about "Language of the birds"
Musical languages are languages based on musical sounds rather than articulation. They can be categorized as constructed languages, and as whistled languages. The latter are dependent on an underlying articulatory language, in actual use in various cultures as a means for communication over distance, or as secret codes. The mystical concept of a language of the birds connects the two categories, since some authors of musical a priori languages speculated about a mystical or primeval origin of the whistled languages. ...more on Wikipedia about "Musical language"
The Silbo Gomero ("Gomeran whistle") is a whistled language spoken by inhabitants of La Gomera in the Canary Islands to communicate across the deep valleys (barrancos) that radiate through the island (Busnel and Classe 1976: 1). A speaker of Silbo Gomero is sometimes referred to as a "Silbador". ...more on Wikipedia about "Silbo"
Solresol is an artificial language, devised by a Frenchman, François Sudre, beginning in 1817. He published his major book on it, Langue musicale universelle, in 1866, though he had already been publicizing it for some years. Solresol enjoyed a brief spell of popularity, reaching its pinnacle with Boleslas Gajewski's 1902 publication of Grammaire du Solresol. ...more on Wikipedia about "Solresol language"
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