Woof woof in 61 Languages
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Dogs bark. They go woof woof, bow wow. At least in English. But what is the onomatopoeia for the sound a dog barks in other languages? Here is a list of “woof woof” in 61 languages:
| Language | Onomatopoeia | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lebanese | haw-haw |
| 2 | Nigerian (Calabar area) | wai-wai |
| 3 | Afrikaans | blaf; woef woef; kef |
| 4 | Albanian | ham ham |
| 5 | Arabic | hau hau; how how (هو, هو) |
| 6 | Armenian | haf haf |
| 7 | Balinese | kong, kong |
| 8 | Basque | au au; txau txau; zaunk zaunk; jau jau |
| 9 | Belgium | woef, woef; blaf, blaf; waf, waf; Keff, keff; Wuff, Wuff |
| 10 | Bengali | gheu, gheu; bhou, bhou |
| 11 | Bulgarian | bau-bau (бау-бау); jaff, jaff (джаф-джаф) |
| 12 | Burmese | woke, woke |
| 13 | Catalan | bau-bau; bub-bub |
| 14 | Chinese | 汪汪 (wong wong, wāngwāng) |
| 15 | Croatian | vau, vau |
| 16 | Czech | haf, haf |
| 17 | Danish | vov, vuf |
| 18 | Dutch | blaf, blaf; kef, kef; waf, waf; woef, woef |
| 19 | English | woof woof; ruff ruff; arf arf; bow wow |
| 20 | Esperanto | boj, boj |
| 21 | Estonian | auh, auh |
| 22 | Finnish | hau hau; vuh, vuh; rauf, rauf |
| 23 | French | waouh, waouh; ouah, ouah; ouaf, ouaf; vaf, vaf; wouf, wouf; wouaf, wouaf; jappe jappe |
| 24 | German | wuff, wuff; wau wau; |
| 25 | Greek | gav, gav (γαβ, γαβ); vav, vav (βαβ, βαβ) |
| 26 | Hebrew | hav, hav; hau, hau |
| 27 | Hindi | bho.n, bho.n (भों भों) |
| 28 | Hungarian | vau, vau |
| 29 | Icelandic | voff, voff |
| 30 | Indonesian | guk, guk |
| 31 | Irish | amh, amh |
| 32 | Italian | bau bau |
| 33 | Japanese | wan-wan (ワンワン); kyan-kyan (キャンキャン) |
| 34 | Korean | meong-meong (멍멍) |
| 35 | Latvian | vau, vau |
| 36 | Lithuanian | au, au |
| 37 | Macedonian | av, av |
| 38 | Malay | gonggong |
| 39 | Marathi | bhu, bhu (भू भू) |
| 40 | Norwegian | voff, voff or boff |
| 41 | Persian | haap, haap (هاپ، هاپ) |
| 42 | Philippines | Aw Aw, Aw |
| 43 | Polish | hau |
| 44 | Portuguese | au-au; ão-ão |
| 45 | Romanian | ham-ham; hau, hau |
| 46 | Russian | гав-гав (gav-gav) |
| 47 | Serbian | av-av |
| 48 | Sinhala | බුඃ බුඃ buh, buh |
| 49 | Slovak | haf, haf; hau, hau |
| 50 | Slovene | hov, hov |
| 51 | Spanish | guau-guau; gua-gua; jau-jau; bau-bau |
| 52 | Swedish | voff; vov vov; bjäbb bjäbb |
| 53 | Tagalog | aw aw; baw, baw |
| 54 | Tamazight | hav hav; haw haw |
| 55 | Tamil | வள் வள் wal wal; லொள் லொள் lol lol; வௌ வௌ wow wow |
| 56 | Thai | โฮ่ง โฮ่ง (pronounced hôŋhôŋ); บ๊อก บ๊อก (pronounced bɔ́kbɔ́k) |
| 57 | Turkish | hav, hav |
| 58 | Ukrainian | гав-гав (hav-hav); дзяв-дзяв (dzyau-dzyau) |
| 59 | Urdu | bow bow |
| 60 | Vietnamese | gâu gâu; ẳng ẳng |
| 61 | Welsh | wff, wff |
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Do you know any other ways to represent dog sounds in any language not listed above? Comment below!
It’s cool to see all the sounds dogs make in other languages! I would love to hear how they sound!
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I love this - the next time I travel I am going to reference this :-)
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