Animal Sounds

It’s a truism we all learn as kids: A dog goes bow-wow, a cat goes meow, etc. But, believe it or not, animal sounds vary from language to language. Some examples

 

Pigs
English: Oink Oink
Russian: Kroo
French: Groin Groin
German: Grunz


Roosters
English: Cock a doodle doo
Arabic: Ku-ku-ku-ku
Russian: Ku-ka-rzhi-ku
Japanese:Ko-ki-ri-koo
Hebrew: Ku-ku-ri-ku

Ducks
English: Quack Quack
Swedish: Kvack Kvack
Arabic; Kack-Kack-Kack
Chinese: Ga-ga
French: Quahn Quahn

Frogs
English: Croak
Spanish: Croack
German: Quak quak
Swedish: Kouack
Russian: Kva-kva

Chickens
English: Cluck cluck
French: Cot-cot-cot-codet
German: Gak-gak
Hebrew: Pak-pak-pak
Arabic: Kakakakakakakaka

Tweety Birds
English: Tweet tweet
French: Kwi kwi
Hebrew: Tsef tsef
Chinese: Chu chu
German: Tschiep tshiep

Geese
English Honk honk
Arabic Wack wack
German Schnatter schnatter
Japanese: Boo boo


Owls
English; Who Whoo
Hebrew: Ho-ho
German: Koh-koh-a-oh
Russian: Ookh


Cats
English: Meow
Hebrew: Miyau
Spanish, Portuguese, & German: Miau
French: Miau


Dogs
English: Bow wow
Swedish:Voff voff
Chinese: Hav Hav
Japanese:Won won
Swahili: Hu Hu Hu Huuu


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