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Title In the Americas with David Yetman. Season 2, Episode 10, Whistles in the mist : whistled speech in Oaxaca / Daniel Duncan, cinematographer, editor, producer, director ; David Yetman, host, producer, writer
Published United States : Espresso TV, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (streaming video file) (26 minutes)
Summary The Chinantecan people of mountainous northern Oaxaca, Mexico, speak by whistling as well as by talking. We visit their isolated community and see for ourselves how they use whistled speech to supplement - and sometimes replace - spoken speech
Notes Title from resource description page (viewed July 20, 2017)
In English
Subject Whistle speech.
Chinantec Indians.
Chinantec language.
SUBJECT Oaxaca de Juárez (Mexico) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81144155
Mexico. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81013960
Genre/Form Documentary films.
Video recordings.
Form Streaming video
Author Yetman, David, 1941- host, producer, screenwriter
Duncan, Daniel, director, producer, editor of moving image work