Wandihil

Trumpet signaling system used by the Abu' people of the Toricelli region of Papua New Guinea, described by Nekitel (1985, 1992). The instrument itself (wandihil in Abu') is a transverse horn fashioned from a hollow segment of bamboo; the opening at which the exhaled sound energy emerges is regulated with the right hand to enable the production of meaning-bearing signals of varied intentsity and amplitude, somewhat like the blowing of a trumpet" (230). The encoding system and lexicon are reportedly similar to those of the Abu' triton and whistling systems. Like the triton, wandihil signaling is restricted to adult men, particularly to a few specialists. Content includes long-distance communication and announcements of official and social topics.

Nekitel, O. M. (1992). A perceptual analysis of Abu/-Wam Whistled Speech. In C. Donald, D.T. Laycock, M. Ross, D. Tryon (Eds.), The language Game: Papers in Memory (pp. 299-311). Cambera: Pacific Linguistics.,Nekitel, O. I. M. S. (1985). Sociolinguistic aspects of Abu’, a Papuan lanquage of the Sepik area [PhD Thesis]. The Australian National University.