inhabitants located in the mountains of the black sea it's home to the age old bird language cottam benteke uses it to communicate with her neighbor from roof to roof. are you collecting hazel nuts tomorrow. yes let's get hazel nuts tomorrow. there's a wedding in the village are you going. further up the mountain a neighbor joins in the conversation. invites us into our living room several neighbors have come and they all agree that modern times are to blame for the steady demise of the bird language in the village. i really do believe that back in the day everyone could speak at. our ancestors our grandparents. for instance my father my mother my siblings they could also pick it up now we've got telephones and the language is disappearing the young people say it seems rude to them when they whistle they don't learn the bird language they could but they don't because they are moving to the city. in the summer the grandchildren returned to the village from the city for the holidays caught in tries to teach the boys the language but it's nearly impossible to do in just a few weeks. you may ju