Animal Sounds
These are the sounds animals "make" in various languages. Can you produce them? Why are some of them similar and others different?Note: A colon following a vowel indicates a longer duration, and a capital N indicates a nasalized pronunciation. Transcriptions of some sounds were simplified.
Language | Cat | Dog | Duck | Cow | |
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English | meow | bow-wow | quack-quack | moo | |
Arabic | miaou miaou | haw haw | couak couak | mooooooo | |
Chinese (Mandarin) | miao miao | wang wang | gua gua | mu mu | |
Croatian | mijau | vau-vau | kva-kva | muuuu | |
Dutch | miauw | woef | kwak kwak | boeh | |
Esperanto | miaw | boj | gik-gak | muu | |
Finnish | miau, kurnau | hau hau/vuh vuh | kvaak kvaak | ammuu | |
French | miaou | ouah ouah | coin coin | meuh | |
German | miau | wau wau/wuff wuff | quack, quack | mmuuh | |
Hebrew | miyau | haw haw/hav hav | ga ga ga | moo | |
Hindi | mya:uN, mya:uN | bho:-bho: | baak-baak-baak | ba:N ba:N | |
Hungarian | miau | vau-vau | hap-hap | bu | |
Italian | miao | bau bau | qua qua | muuuuuu | |
Japanese | nyaa | wanwan, kyankyan | gaagaa | moo | |
Norwegian | mjau | voff /vov-vov | kvakk-kvakk | mø | |
Polish | miau | hau hau | kwa kwa | muuuuu | |
Portuguese (Brazil) | miau | au-au | qua qua | muuuu | |
Russian | myau | gav-gav | krya-krya | muu | |
Spanish | miau | guau guau | cuá cuá (Spain), cuac cuac (Argentina) | muuu | |
Swedish | mjau | vov vov | kvack kvack | muu | |
Turkish | miyauv, miyauv | hav, hav | vak, vak | mooooo | |
Ukrainian | myau | haf-haf | krya-krya | muuu |
http://www.seaworld.org/animal-info/sound-library/
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