Do sperm whales have a phonetic alphabet?

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In this video I explore new research proposing a 'phonetic alphabet' for sperm whale vocalizations!
Original article by Sharma et al: https://www.nature.com/articles/s4146...
Philip Meyer    / @p__meyer  

0:00 Introduction
0:40 Sperm whales
3:20 Ground News
4:26 Codas
7:32 Tempo
9:37 Rubato
13:03 Ornamentation
14:20 A sperm whale phonetic alphabet?
15:01 Information and meaning
15:52 Duality patterning in human language
17:35 Music

Many thanks to Caine Delacy for permission to use clips https://www.cainedelacy.com   / cainedelacy  

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Terra Azul video    / @azoreswhalewatching  
David Trescot video    / @dtrescot  
Darewin video http://www.darewin.org
Sperm whale anatomy by Kurzon https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Thumbnail whale photo by Amila Tennakoon https://www.flickr.com/photos/lakpura
Beethoven's 5th    • Beethoven Symphony No. 5 (1st movemen...  

Mendelssohn: Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage, Op. 27

MIT CSAIL https://www.csail.mit.edu/
Project CETI https://www.projectceti.org/
http://www.thespermwhaleproject.org/

Thanks also to Joy Reidenberg, Moira Yip, and Tom Mustill