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03-06-2014, 09:34 AM | #1 |
Don't Litter Spay&Neuter Donating Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: So Cal
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| 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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03-06-2014, 09:37 AM | #2 |
Yorkie Kisses are the Best! Donating Member | LOL! I can't believe you looked that all up but I DO like some and plan to use them - especially these..... Tagalog - aw, aw; baw, baw and this one too - Indonesian - guk, guk hahaha - Can't wait to say guk guk to my girls - ALL 4 of them! I see head tilts coming my way |
03-06-2014, 09:42 AM | #3 |
Don't Litter Spay&Neuter Donating Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: So Cal
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| Heehee, love head tilts! How I ran into this list was accident...trying to figure out why Turbo's throat bubbles out like a balloon when he barks!
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03-06-2014, 12:40 PM | #4 |
Cedric♥Lola♥Keylo Donating Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Gilford, NH, USA
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| wow that is really awesome!! woke woke!! This should be a sticky. hehe
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