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What Do Cats Say In Other Languages?

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    In English, of course, they say Meow.  But human speakers of other languages hear animals differently.  Cats say, for instance:

    Spanish: miau ("mee-ah-ooh")
    Estonian: Nau
    Japanese: Nyaa
    Ukranian: Myau.

    You won't be surprised, now, to learn that dogs also speak differently in other languages.  And it varies a lot more than what cats have to say.  Dogs say, in :

    Albanian: ham ham
    Greek: gav
    Icelandic: voff
    Indonesian: gonggong
    Italian: bau bau
    Spanish: guau, guau! (rhymes with bow wow!)

    Horses are no less multicultural:

    Hindi: Hin-Hin-Hin
    Russia: Eeegogo
    Sweden: Nnnnaaaggg
    Turkish: eeh-eeh-eehaaa

    Some other examples.  Danish people reckon bees go "summ summ".  Vietnamese sheep say "be-hehehe".  Mice in Albania say "kip kip", but in Italy is "sqeet-sqeet".  

    Actually, it's surprising how many languages do hear the same sound from animals.  For instance, cockerels, sheep and ducks sound pretty much the same no matter which language you speak.
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    Scavenger 

    answered 3 years ago

    How'd you know all this?
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    Darkangel1

    commented 2 years ago

    How d you know all this?
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    Darkangel1

    commented 2 years ago

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