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| rikrik Newbie Netherlands Joined 4341 days ago 2 posts - 2 votes | Message 1 of 22 06 January 2013 at 10:58pm | IP Logged |
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Hello!
I have this idea (which sounds probably a bit crazy) of collecting (and publishing....) a list of animalsounds around the world. For example, why says a frog in Holland 'kwaak' and in English 'ribit' and in Japanese 'gero gero'? Or why says a pig 'knor knor' in Holland, but in Germany 'oink oink'? While it's just the neighbour country! Basically, it's the same animal but as soon as you cross a border it's saying something different (at least, that's how humans hear it). Sounds strange, doesn't it? So the question is, can you help me with the sounds from your country/language? So a real animal sound / language exchange! I'll give it a start with Dutch, to set an example. Hopefully more people will follow and can copy/paste this list of animals and write down what they say. Cat: miauw Dog: woef Chicken: tok tok Rooster: kukeleku Pig: knor knor Cow: boe Donkey: iaah Bird: tjirp tjirp / twiet twiet Horse: hinnik Duck: kwaak Snake: sssss Rabbit: snif snif Goat: bee Sheep: beeh Fish: blub Owl: oehoe Bee: bzzz Mice: piep piep Lion/tiger: grauw Hope we can get a lot of languages!:) Please copy/paste the complete list of animals, so it will be as complete as possible with the sounds and languages! PS I found a few websites already online about this topic. But not a lot, so if there are people here with tips or good websites/books. Please let me know:) Thanks! Rik Edited by rikrik on 07 January 2013 at 3:34pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Tilia Diglot Groupie Denmark Joined 4473 days ago 48 posts - 68 votes  Speaks: Danish*, English Studies: Spanish | Message 2 of 22 07 January 2013 at 12:49am | IP Logged |
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Danish:
Cat: miav Dog: wuf/vov (gø) Chicken: gok gok Rooster: kykeliky (gale) Pig: øf øf (grynte) Cow: Muh (brøle) Donkey: iaah (skryde) Bird: pip pip Horse: iihh(vrinske) Duck: rap Snake: sssss (hvisle) Rabbit: ? Goat: mæh (bræge) Fish: ? Owl: uhu (tude) Bee: bzzz (summe) Mice: piv Lion/tiger: not sure if there is any consensus with regard to writing that sound maybe “grrr” (brøle/knurre) Frog: kvak/kvæk *As bonus info I provided the word for making the sound (in parentheses) in the cases where it is significantly different from the sound itself. (ex.“at gø”=”to bark”) 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| renaissancemedi Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Greece Joined 4355 days ago 941 posts - 1309 votes Speaks: Greek*, Ancient Greek*, EnglishC2 Studies: French, Russian, Turkish, Modern Hebrew | Message 3 of 22 07 January 2013 at 9:21am | IP Logged |
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Cat: νιάου
Dog: γαβ γαβ Chicken: κοκοκό Rooster: κουκουρούκου Pig: --- Cow: μουουού Donkey: ιά Bird: τσίου τσίου Horse: --- Duck: --- Snake: σσσσσσσ Rabbit: --- Goat: --- Fish: --- Owl: κουκουβάου Bee: ζζζζζ Mice: --- Lion/tiger: γκρρρ Frog: κουάξ κουάξ Greek Edited by renaissancemedi on 07 January 2013 at 9:22am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Quique Diglot Senior Member Spain cronopios.net/Registered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4679 days ago 183 posts - 313 votes Speaks: Spanish*, English Studies: French, German | Message 4 of 22 07 January 2013 at 10:08am | IP Logged |
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Spanish:
I add the verb for each one: Cat: miau (maullar) Dog: guau (ladrar) Chicken: co co (cacarear) Rooster: kikirikí (cantar) Pig: oink oink (gruñir) Cow: muu (mugir) Donkey: iaah (rebuznar) Bird: pío pío (piar) Horse: iihh (relinchar) Duck: cuac (parpar) Snake: sssss (silbar, sisear) Rabbit: (chillar) Goat: bee (balar) Fish: Owl: uh uh? (ulular) Bee: zzz (zumbar) Mice: Lion/tiger: (rugir) Frog: croac croac (croar) 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| a3 Triglot Senior Member Bulgaria Joined 5253 days ago 273 posts - 370 votes Speaks: Bulgarian*, English, Russian Studies: Portuguese, German, Italian, Spanish, Norwegian, Finnish | Message 5 of 22 07 January 2013 at 10:14am | IP Logged |
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Cat: мяу
Dog: бау Chicken: ко ко ко Rooster: кукуригу Pig: грух грух Cow: муууу Donkey: Bird: чурулик чурулик Horse: Duck: квак Snake: с(ъ)ссссс Rabbit: Goat: бееее Fish: Owl: бууу Bee: Mice: цър Lion/tiger: 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| vonPeterhof Tetraglot Senior Member Russian FederationRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4769 days ago 715 posts - 1527 votes Speaks: Russian*, EnglishC2, Japanese, German Studies: Kazakh, Korean, Norwegian, Turkish | Message 6 of 22 07 January 2013 at 2:38pm | IP Logged |
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Russian:
Cat: мяу [myau] (мяу́кать) Dog: гав/ав [gav/av] (ла́ять/га́вкать) Chicken: кококо [kokoko] (куда́хтать) Rooster: кукареку [kukareku] (кукаре́кать) Pig: хрю [khryu] (хрю́кать) Cow: му [mu] (мыча́ть) Donkey: иа [ia] (no particular verb) Bird: чирик [chirik] (чири́кать) Horse: игого [igogo] (ржать) Duck: ква [kva] (ква́кать) Snake: ссс/шшш [sss/ssshhh] (шипе́ть) Rabbit: Goat: мее [mee] (бее [bee] is for sheep; the verb for both is бле́ять) Fish: бульбуль [bul'bul'] (бу́лькать) Owl: ух [ukh] (у́хать) Bee: жужу [zhuzhu] (жужжа́ть) Mice: пипипи [pipipi] (пища́ть) Lion/tiger: (рыча́ть) "Ribbit" as the onomatopoeia for a frog's croaking is actually an interesting example of what TvTropes.org calls SoCalization. As the UK TV programme QI pointed out, there is only only one subspecies of frog whose cry actually sounds anything like "ribbit". That subspecies is native to California, which is why its cry became known all over the English-speaking world under the influence of Hollywood. I suspect the word "croak" itself could have served as the onomatopoeia before the spread of cinema and television. Edited by vonPeterhof on 07 January 2013 at 8:42pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| rikrik Newbie Netherlands Joined 4341 days ago 2 posts - 2 votes | Message 7 of 22 07 January 2013 at 3:32pm | IP Logged |
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Thank you all for this start:) Can you also write it in Latin alphabet? So then I can
read it as well. By the way, very interesting about the ribbit! 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Tsopivo Diglot Senior Member Canada Joined 4468 days ago 258 posts - 411 votes Speaks: French*, English Studies: Esperanto | Message 8 of 22 10 January 2013 at 11:13pm | IP Logged |
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Cat: miaou
Dog: ouaf ouaf or wouah wouah Chick (female): cot cot cot Rooster: cocorico Pig: groin groin ?? Cow: Meuh Donkey: Hi-han Hi-han Bird: cui cui or piou piou Horse: hiiiii (henissement) Duck: coin coin Snake: sssss Rabbit: no sound Goat: bêê ! Sheep: bêê ! Fish: no sound Owl: Hou Hou Bee: bzzz Mice: no sound Lion/tiger: graou You could also check in a children book or here : http://www.laits.utexas.edu/hebrew/personal/language/animals /sounds.html 1 person has voted this message useful |
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