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Can a person without a tongue hum or whistle?

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They would be able to hum because the vibrations created by your vocal chords are amplified through the nasal passages rather than the mouth, so the lack of a tongue would not eliminate humming.

Whistling conventionally requires the use of the tongue. Using fingers, it might still be possible to develop a whistling technique, but without a tongue, the whistler would be much less able to control pitch.

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