These are the sounds animals "make" in various languages. Can you
produce them? Why are some of them similar and others different?
| Language | Cat | Dog | Duck | Cow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | meow | bow-wow | quack-quack | moo | |
| Arabic | miaou miaou | haw haw | couak couak | mooooooo | |
| Chinese (Mandarin) | miao miao | wang wang | gua gua | mu mu | |
| Croatian | mijau | vau-vau | kva-kva | muuuu | |
| Dutch | miauw | woef | kwak kwak | boeh | |
| Esperanto | miaw | boj | gik-gak | muu | |
| Finnish | miau, kurnau | hau hau/vuh vuh | kvaak kvaak | ammuu | |
| French | miaou | ouah ouah | coin coin | meuh | |
| German | miau | wau wau/wuff wuff | quack, quack | mmuuh | |
| Hebrew | miyau | haw haw/hav hav | ga ga ga | moo | |
| Hindi | mya:uN, mya:uN | bho:-bho: | baak-baak-baak | ba:N ba:N | |
| Hungarian | miau | vau-vau | hap-hap | bu | |
| Italian | miao | bau bau | qua qua | muuuuuu | |
| Japanese | nyaa | wanwan, kyankyan | gaagaa | moo | |
| Norwegian | mjau | voff /vov-vov | kvakk-kvakk | mø | |
| Polish | miau | hau hau | kwa kwa | muuuuu | |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | miau | au-au | qua qua | muuuu | |
| Russian | myau | gav-gav | krya-krya | muu | |
| Spanish | miau | guau guau | cuá cuá (Spain), cuac cuac (Argentina) | muuu | |
| Swedish | mjau | vov vov | kvack kvack | muu | |
| Turkish | miyauv, miyauv | hav, hav | vak, vak | mooooo | |
| Ukrainian | myau | haf-haf | krya-krya | muuu |
No comments:
Post a Comment