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Animal Smiley 036 How we say 'woof!' all around the world

European & Asian versions from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bark_%28sound%29:

English - woof woof; ruff ruff; arf arf (large dogs and also the sound of sea lions); yap yap; yip yip (small dogs), bow wow
Afrikaans - blaf blaf; woef woef; keff keff (small dogs)
Albanian - ham ham
Arabic - hau hau; how how (هو, هو)
Armenian -haf haf
Basque - au au; txau txau (small dogs); zaunk zaunk (large dogs); jau jau (old dogs)
Balinese - kong, kong
Belgium- woef, woef; blaf, blaf; waf, waf (large dogs) Keff, keff; Wuff, Wuff (small dogs)
Bengali - gheu, gheu; bhao, bhao
Bulgarian - bau-bau (бау-бау); jaff, jaff (джаф-джаф)
Burmese - woke, woke
Catalan - bau, bau; bub, bub
Chinese, Cantonese - wong, wong (汪汪)
Chinese, Mandarin - wang, wang (汪汪)
Croatian - vau, vau
Czech - haf, haf; štěk (the bark itself)
Danish - vov, vuf
Dutch - blaf, blaf; kef, kef; waf, waf; woef, woef
Esperanto - boj, boj
Estonian - auh, auh
Finnish - hau, hau; vuh, vuh; rauf, rauf
French - waouh, waouh; ouah, ouah; ouaf, ouaf; vaf, vaf; wouf, wouf; wouaf, wouaf; jappe jappe
German - wuff, wuff; wau, wau;
Greek - ghav, ghav (γαβ, γαβ)
Hebrew - hav, hav; hau, hau
Hindi - bho.n, bho.n (भों भों)
Hungarian - vau, vau
Icelandic - voff, voff
Indonesian - guk, guk
Irish - amh, amh
Italian - bau, bau
Japanese - wan-wan (ワンワン); kyan-kyan (キャンキャン)[15]
Korean - meong, meong (멍멍, pronounced [mʌŋmʌŋ])
kurdi - hau hau (حەو حەو)
Latvian - vau, vau
Lithuanian - au, au
Macedonian - av, av
Malay - gong, gong ("menggonggong" means barking)
Marathi - bhu, bhu (भू भू)
Norwegian - voff, voff or boff
Persian - haap, haap (هاپ، هاپ)
Philippines - Aw Aw, Aw
Polish - hau, hau
Portuguese - au, au; ão-ão (nasal diphthong); béu-béu (toddler language); cain-cain (whining)
Romanian - ham, ham; hau, hau
Russian - gav, gav (гав-гав); tyav, tyav (тяв-тяв, small dogs)
Serbian - av, av
Sinhala - බුඃ බුඃ buh, buh
Slovak - haf, haf; hau, hau
Slovene - hov, hov
Spanish - guau-guau; gua, gua; jau, jau
Swedish - voff, voff; vov, vov; bjäbb, bjäbb
Tagalog - aw, aw; baw, baw
Tamil - வள் வள் - wal wal;லொள் லொள் - lol lol ;வௌ வௌ - wow wow
Thai - โฮ่ง โฮ่ง (pronounced [hôŋhôŋ]); บ๊อก บ๊อก (pronounced [bɔ́kbɔ́k])
Turkish - hev hev; hav, hav
Ukrainian - гав, гав (hau, hau); дзяв, дзяв (dzyau, dzyau)
Urdu - bow bow
Vietnamese - gâu gâu; ẳng ẳng
Welsh - wff, wff
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