Monday, June 2, 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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