Showing posts with label barking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label barking. Show all posts

Monday, June 02, 2008

Barking in Foreign Languages



When humans describe barking, the sounds they ascribe to dogs are all a bit different, depending on the language spoken.
  • French: Wouaff Wouaff!
  • English: Woof Woof! Bow Wow! Ruff Ruff! Arf Arf! (large dogs); Yap Yap (small dogs)
  • German: Wau Wau!
  • Estonian: Auh Auh!
  • Finnish: Hau Hau!
  • Arabic: Hau hau!
  • Italian: Bau Bau!
  • Tagalog: Ow Ow!
  • Hindi - Bho Bho!
  • Japanese: Wan Wan!
  • Mandarin: Wang Wang!
  • Greek: Gav Gav!
  • Russian: Gav Gav!
  • Spanish: Gau Gau!
  • Indonesian: Guk Guk!
  • Swedish: Vov Vov!
  • Thai - Hoang Hoang!
  • Korean: Mong Mong!
  • Lebanese: Haw Haw!
  • Hebrew: Hav Hav!

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