"Scientists have cracked the code behind a mysterious language discovered among a non-human species living in Earth's oceans that mirrors human speech. Using AI to study whale communication, Project CETI researchers discovered that sperm whales 'talk' to each other with strange, Morse code-like clicking patterns. The mammals used patterned click sequences known as codas, which include two distinct vowel-like sounds - an 'ah'-like a-coda and an 'ee'-like i-coda."
"The team also found that whale speech was similar to human speech because whales used their lips and air sacs as a sound source and filter, just like humans use their vocal cords and vocal tract to achieve the same results. It marked the first time researchers have found a non-human species using vowel-like sounds and grammar-like rules in the same way humans do to communicate with each other."
AI analysis of sperm whale clicks revealed patterned click sequences called codas that include two distinct vowel-like sounds: an 'ah'-like a-coda and an 'ee'-like i-coda. Whales actively control pitch, length, and sound type when producing codas, and use these sounds during social interactions in family groups to stay connected, coordinate activities, and identify one another. Whale sound production involves lips and air sacs functioning as a sound source and filter analogous to human vocal cords and vocal tract. Researchers recorded nearly 4,000 clear codas from tagged whales and sped up slow clicks to reveal speech-like patterns.
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