It turns out that in different countries and dogs bark differently. And the usual Russian “woof-woof” is heard in many nations in a completely different way. For example, Koreans (big "lovers" of dogs) hear "mung-mung".

So what does dog barking sound like in other languages?

In Afrikaans (formerly also known as Boer), one of the 11 official languages ​​of South Africa, dog barking is woef.

Albanians hear "ham-ham" or "hum-hum" (ham ham / hum hum). The Arabs pronounce it almost like ours “haw-haw” (haw haw).

In the Bengali language (common in the Indian state of West Bengal and Bangladesh), a dog's bark is pronounced "ghaue-ghaue" (ghaue-ghaue). Connoisseurs of Bengal, correct if anything.

In the Catalan language (it is spoken by about 11 million people in the so-called Catalan lands in Spain, France, Andorra and the Italian city of Alghero on the island of Sardinia), dogs bark “boop-boop” (bup, bup).

The Chinese hear "wang-wang" (wang wang).

Croatian dogs bark "wow-wow" (vau-vau). Kind of sad, right?

In Denmark, a dog's bark is heard as "vov" (vov), as if some kind of Vova is being addressed. In Holland "woef" (woef).

The English hear in different ways: it is “bow wow” (bow wow), and “af” (arf), and “woof” (woof), as well as “ruff ruff” (ruff ruff).

Let's move on to the Scandinavians. Estonians hear "auh" (auh), Finns "hau-hau" or "woo-woo" (hau hau / vuh vuh).

French barking sounds like “ouah-ouah” (ouah ouah), although they have a complicated transcription there, I can lie. Who studied French, please correct me if I'm wrong.

The Germans hear in the barking of dogs such sounds: “wow-wow” (wau wau), or “wuff-wuff” (wuff wuff).

Greeks are kindred spirits. They hear the same as we "gav" (gav). The Jews also did not let us down, they hear almost the same. In Hebrew, the barking of dogs is translated as haw-hav (haw haw / hav hav). There, in my opinion, only the sound "g" is fricative, close to the sound "x". If someone knows Hebrew well, confirm or deny, okay?
In the Hindi language (it is distributed mainly in the northern and central regions of India), the barking of dogs is transmitted as "bho-bho" (bho:-bho:)

Hungarians hear "wow-wow" (vau-vau). The inhabitants of Iceland think that barking sounds like "vof" (voff).

Indonesians believe that dogs bark "gong-gong" (gonggong). The Italians are also original - "bau-bau" (bau bau).

The Japanese are a special people. Apparently, their dogs are special. They bark "wan-wan" (wanwan) or "kyan-kyan" (kyankyan).

Dog-eaters Koreans hear barking as "mung-mung" or "wang-wang" (mung-mung / wang-wang).

Norwegian dogs bark "vof" or "vov-vov" (voff / vov-vov), sometimes, apparently, just the sound at the end is deafened. Echo maybe ;)

Poles hear "hau-hau" (hau hau), well, it vaguely resembles "woof-woof".

The Portuguese and Brazilians (they have one language - Portuguese) believe that the barking of dogs sounds like this: "au-au" (au-au).

To Slovenes, dog barking is heard as “hov-hov” (hov-hov).

Spanish and Argentine dogs (Spain and Argentina also have the same language - Spanish) bark "guau-guau" (guau guau).

Swedes hear in the barking of dogs "vov-vov" (vov vov).

In Thailand, dogs bark "hoang hoang" (hoang hoang)

The Turks hear, almost, how we "hav-hav" (hav, hav). So are the Ukrainians with their “hacking-hacking” - “haf-haf” (haf-haf).

Well, finally, the Vietnamese believe that dogs bark "wow-wow" (wau wau).

In general, all peoples follow the indestructible principle of spelling - “as I hear, so I write”;)

WOF WOF!

The Spaniards attribute the sound “guau-guau” to dogs, the Bangladeshis write barking as “gheu-gheu”. The Chinese and Japanese are sure that the dog barks with the sound “van-van”, and the Koreans hear “man-man”. The French have several options for recording barks: "wah-wah", "woof-woof" and "zhap-zhap". Among the peoples of South Africa, dogs speak with the sounds "bluff-bluff", "woof-woof" and "kef-kef". Albanian and Romanian dogs bark as if warning: "Ham-ham!" Hungarian and German pets seem to be surprised: “Wow-wow!” Italian and Bulgarian dogs prefer the "bau-bau" sound. Among Arabs and Turks, dogs pronounce "how-how". English and American quadrupeds - especially the big ones - bark sternly: "Woo-woo!" They also have other expressions in stock: “raf-raf”, “af-af” and even “bow-wow”. A small lap dog yips in English "yap-yap" or "yip-yip".

Crow!

European roosters crow in much the same way: in France they call "kokoriko", in Spain and Germany - "kikiriki", in Italy - "kokkode", in Holland - "kukeleku", in Denmark - "kikiliki", in Finland - "kukkokyoku" . The most original sound is made by a rooster in English: “Cock-a-doodle-doo!”. Roosters crow unusually from the Faroe Islands (“kakkularako”), in Iceland (“gagalago”) and in Turkey (“u-uryu-uuyu”). The farther from Europe, the more diverse the options: for the Vietnamese, the rooster cries “o-o-o-o”, for the Japanese - “kokekokko”, and for the Filipinos - “tiktilyaok”.

Meow meow!

Oink-oink!

How to call a cat

"Kis-kiss" - such an appeal to cats is used in Finland and Sweden. Spanish, Dutch, Greek and Portuguese cats are called with the sound "ps-ps". Similar callsigns are used in Turkey (“pissi-pissi”), England (“puss-puss”), in Georgia and Moldova (“piss-piss”). In France, cats are called "minu-minu", in Spain - "misu-misu", in Germany - "mitz-mitz", in China - "mi-mi-mi". American tailed and striped respond to "kitty-kitty-kitty", Czech - to "chi-chi-chi", Japanese - to "shu-shu-shu", and Estonian - to "kisyu-kisyu-kisyu". If you call a French cat, smack your lips, and if you call a Belgian, whistle.

Surely you were interested in the question why in different countries the pronunciation of animal sounds is always different. And why in England "woof" sounds like "yap-yap", and in Japan it sounds like "kyan-kyan".
The whole reason is that we humans speak differently, not animals. The way we perceive their sounds indicates the peculiarity of human languages. So, in all languages, the cow says something close to "mu" - except for Urdu, where she says "bae". The same with the cat - she says something close to “meow” everywhere, and only in Japanese she says “nya”.
We offer to see how animals speak in different languages, accompanied by wonderful illustrations by the artist from England, James Chapman.

dog barking
In Russia - woof-woof, av-av.
In Denmark - vov-vov (vov vov).
In Holland - a small waf-waf (waf waf), medium-sized wof-wof (woef woef).
In England - yap-yap / arf-arf (yap yap / arf arf) - small, woof-woof / ruff-ruff - medium (woof woof / ruff ruff), bow wow (bow wow) - large.
In Finland - small how-how (hau hau), medium and large vuff and ruf (vuff / rouf).
In France - ay-ay (ouah ouah).
In Germany - wau wau - small and medium, wuff wuff (wuff wuff) - large.
In Hungary - wow-wow (vau vau).
In Italy - arf-harf / bau-bau (arf arf / bau bau).
In Japan - kyan-kyan (kian kian).
In Spain - guau or gua (guau / gua) - small, guav (guav) medium, guf-guf (guf guf) large.
In Sweden - vuv-vuv (vov vov).
In Turkey - hov-hov (hov hov).

cat meows
In Russia - meow.
In Denmark - miav (miav).
In Holland - miau (miauw).
In England - myo (meow).
In Finland - miau-miau (miau).
In France - miaou (miaou).
In Germany - miao (miaou).
In Greece miau (miau).
In Hungary - miau (miau).
In Italy - miaou (miaou).
In Japan - nyan-nyan or niaa-niaa (nyan nyan / nyaa nyaa).
In Spain - miao (miao).
In Sweden - myan-myan (mjan mjan).
In Turkey - miyav (miyav).
In Latvia - nau-nau

The cat purrs
In Russia - mrr.
In Denmark - pierre (pierr).
In Holland - prrr (prrr).
In England - purr (purr).
In Finland - xrr (hrr).
In France - ronron (ronron).
In Germany - cf (sr).
In Hungary - doromb (doromb).
In Italy - purr (purr).
In Japan, goro goro.
In Spain - rrr (rrr).

call the cat
In Russia, kitty-kitty.
In Denmark, Kissar Kissar (kissar-kissar).
In Holland - poes poes / ps ps ps (poes poes / ps ps ps).
In England - puss-puss, puss-puss.
In Finland - kis-kis (kis-kis).
In France - minu-minu, bi biss (bi biss).
In Germany - mietz-mietz (mietz mietz).
In Greece - ps-ps-ps (ps-ps-ps).
In Hungary - kick-kick (cic-cic).
In Italy, vieni ricio.
In Spain - misu-misu (misu misu).
In Sweden - kiss-kiss (kiss-kiss).
In Turkey - pissy pissy (pissy-pissy).

Rooster cries
In Russia - crow.
In Denmark, kykyliky.
In Holland - kukeleku (kukeleku).
In England - cock-a-doodle-doo cock-a-doodle-doo.
In Finland - kukko kyeku (kukko kiekuu).
In France - cocorico (cocorico).
In Germany - kikeriki (kikeriki).
In Greece - kikiriku / kikiriki (kikiriku / kikiriki).
In Hungary - kukuriku.
In Italy - chikchirichi (chicchirichi).
In Japan - ko-ke-kok-ko-o (ko-ke-kok-ko-o).
In Spain - quiquiriquí / kikiriki.
In Sweden - kuckeliku.
In Turkey - kuk-kurri-kuu, oo-oore-oo (kuk-kurri-kuuu, u uru uuu (pron: oo-oore-oo)).

Frog
In Russia - kva-kva, bre-ke-cake-quaraks.
In Denmark - kvaek-kvaek (kvæk-kvæk).
In England - croak (croak).
In the USA - ribbit (ribbit).
In Finland - kvaak (kvaak).
In Germany - kuaak-kuaak (quaak quaak).
In Hungary - bre-ke-ke/kuty kurutti/kurutch (bre-ke-ke/kuty kurutty/kurutch).
In Italy - kra-kra (cra cra).
In Japan - kero-kero (kero kero).
In Sweden - ko-ak-ak-ak (ko ack ack ack).
In Turkey - vrak-vrak (vrak vrak).

Bee
In Russia, buzz.
The most common variant is bzzz (bzzz), as they say in Denmark, Finland, France, Hungary, Spain.
In Holland - buzz (buzz).
In England, two variants of buzz and bzzz (buzz / bzzz) are used.
In Greece - zoom-zoom (zoum zoom).
In Italy - zzzz (zzzz).
In Japan - bun-bun (boon boon).
In Sweden - buzz buzz (buzz buzz).
In Turkey - vizz (vizzz).

Pytychki
Like dogs, their sounds are divided into small and large.
In Russia - chik-chirik, fyut (more often indicated by a whistle).
Denmark seems to be full of ornithologists. Judge for yourself, there these sounds - apparently invisible. A small bird in Denmark screams simply, but with the taste of pip-pip (pip-pip). Medium in size is perverted as can dit, kari, jai, sige, lige, sa, tit, son, ox (dit kari jay sige lige sa tit son vol).
In Holland - tjiep (tjiep).
In England, baby birds "talk" in different ways chip / chirp / chirrup / peep (cheep / chirp / chirrup / peep). Medium - chip-chiip / tweet (cheep cheep / tweet). Big ones and do say something unimaginable - squawk (squawk).
In Finland - piip (piip), medium teal / piip (tsirk / piip), large ones - you won’t believe it! kvak (kvak).
In Germany - sum-sums (summ summ).
In Greece - small and medium squeak tsiou-tsiou (tsiou tsiou). And big kra-kra (kra kra).
In Italy - small, medium and large say chip (chip). And the big ones still sometimes giggle - giggles
(hihihi).
In Japan, nothing special - pii pii (pee pee / pii pii).
In Spain - pio pio (pío pío).
In Sweden - pip-pip (pip-pip).
In Turkey - juik-juik (juyk juyk).

Chickens squeak everywhere about the same pee-pee, or beep-beep. And the Japanese distinguished themselves, their chickens squeak piyo-piyo (piyo piyo).

Hen
In Russia, ko-ko-ko.
In Holland - current-current (tok tok).
In England - clack clack (cluck cluck).
In Finland and Hungary - cat-cat (kot-kot).
In France, cotcotcode.
In Greece - ko-ko-ko or ka-ka-ka (ko ko ko / ka ka ka).
In Italy, cocode.
In Japan, ku-ku-ku-ku / ko-ko-ko-ko (ku-ku-ku-ku / ko-ko-ko-ko).
In Spain - cocoa-raca / coco-roco (caca-racá / cocorocó /).
In Sweden - ok-ok (ock-ock).
In Turkey - gat gdgdak (gut gut gdak).

Duck
In Russia - quack-quack.
In Denmark - rap-rap (rap-rap).
In Holland - kwak-kwak (kwak kwak).
In England - quack quack (quack quack).
In Finland - kvak (kvak).
In France - coin-coin (coin coin).
In Germany - quack quack (quack quack).
In Greece - pa-pa-pa (pa-pa-pa).
In Hungary - hap-hap (háp-háp).
In Italy - kua-kua (qua qua).
In Japan - ha-ha (ga ga).
In Spain - cua cua.
In Sweden - kwak-kwak (kvack-kvack).
In Turkey - vak-vak (vak vak).

Crow
In Russia (Hungary, Japan) car-car.
In Denmark and Holland, Greece and Italy, Sweden and Germany - kra-kra.
In England - kaak / kau (kaak / caw).
In Finland - kraa / vaak (kraa / vaak).
In France - croa-croa (croa croa).
In Spain - ah-ah (ah ah).
In Turkey - gaak-gaak (gaak gaak).

Cuckoo
Basically, like ours - cuckoo.
In Holland - koekoek (koekoek).
In Hungary - kakukk.
In Japan, kakko-kakko (kakko-kakko). And the cuckoo squeaks at all: tokyo-kyoka-kyoku (tokkyo-kyoka-kyoku).

The cow mooes (who, like us - muu - I won’t talk about those)

In Russia - muu.
In Holland - moe / boe (moe / boe).
In Finland - amuu (ammuu).
In France - meu (meuh).
In Germany - mmuuh (mmuuh).
In Japan - Mau Mau (mau mau).

Goose
In Russia - eider.
In Holland and Germany - gak-gak (gak gak).
In England - onk-onk (honk).

Donkey
In Russia, ia-ia.
In England - hee haw / eeyore (hee haw / eeyore).
In France - ian (hihan).
In Germany - current-current (tock tock).
In Italy - yo-yo (ioh ioh).
In Turkey - ai-ai (a-iiii a-iiii).

Goat
In Russia - mee.
In Denmark, May (mæh).
In Holland - me-me (mè mè).
In England - naa (naa).
In Finland - maa (mää).
In Germany - maeh-maeh (maehh maehh).
In Greece - maehehe (maehehe).
In Hungary - me-me (meh meh).
In Italy - mek-mek (mek-mek).

Sheep
In Russia - bee.
In Denmark, May (mæh-mæh).
In England - baa (baa).
In Finland - ma (mäh).
In Germany, bae-bae (baehh baehh).
In Greece - May-ee (mae-ee).

Pig
In Russia - oink-oink.
In Holland - knor-kron (knor knor).
In England - oink (oink).
In France - groin groin (groin groin).
In Germany - grunz (grunz).
In Japan - boo-boo (boo boo).

Parrot
In Russia - "ass fool".
In Holland - lorre / Laura Lora (lorre / Lora Lora).
In England - Pretty Polly.
In France - coco (coco).
In Germany - Laura Lora (Lora Lora).
In Greece - guri (gyuri).
In Hungary - drinking (pityu).
In Italy - Portobello.
In Japan, good morning is ohayo (= good morning).
In Spain - lorito lorito (lorito lorito).
In Sweden - vakra klara.
In Turkey - naaber naaber / nasilin nasilin / muzhuk muzhuk (naaber naaber / nasilin nasilin / mucuk mucuk (pron: mujuk)