Thursday, May 14, 2026

Whales proven to have a tonal language with vowels

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hm9ADZ28Wgo

 

  • The AI model identified 156 distinct codas, each with internal structures involving shifts in tempo and rhythm.
  • Vowel-like Structures: The clicks have been found to have vowel-like properties similar to human speech, with whales adjusting the pitch, tempo, and ornamentation of their clicks to change meaning, similar to tonal languages like Mandarin.
  •  https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article/293/2069/20252994/481340/The-phonology-of-sperm-whale-coda-vowels

     

     

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