isn't much of a vocalizer either although when I first started watching her, she would "whine" at the door to the basement hoping I would open it so she could go down (that didn't happen until a few more "stays" here).
But the sister who has the tuxie previously had a puffy himmy - OMG she was mouth almighty. I used to have a coworker who had Siamese cats and he would describe how "vocal" they would be and I had read that although Himalayans are their own breed now, some time ago there was Siamese bred into the line to introduce color points. So my sister's cat would literally pace back and forth and just run her mouth when she wanted something and would literally purr like a loud motorboat. 
The tuxie who is now about 3, does the repetitive paw lift if he wants to play and he purrs with and vibrates his paws (which was cool to see for the first time). My sisters' other cats never did that although they kneaded.
It took me a bit to not only get used to a short hair cat believe it or not, but a young male too. All 3 cats did mark territory by scenting objects and all did some sort of equivalent of a (insert appendage) "bump". The himmy literally would do a "head bump", the tortie did an "arm bump" and the tuxie a "hand bump". The tortie would also present her butt with tail up to blow on. 
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