Animal sounds are the perfect place to start this onomatopoeic journey Of course it's common to learn the noises of cats and dogs growing up every language has their own version of these but some languages have animal sounds that are a little more obscure In Japan foxes are a big KON KON part of their culture and some religions so naturally they've been given their own special sound Turtles get in on the action too japanese MU There's a sound for hamsters in Latvian japanese and even a word in Korean for the sound of rabbits hopping KKANGCHONG korean PIKST Latvian The world is full of different words for sounds and all that international variety gives us a load of alternatives you might never have seen before Let's see how they compare to the ones you grew up with
Dogs WOOF LINTON DOG PARK english QUAF french BAU italian WUWU U swahili VOFF icelandic There's a world of woofs over at the dog park Try them out loud for yourself GAV russian HAM romanian AT LEAST IN ROMANIAN DOGS ARE OPEN AND HONEST ABOUT WHAT THEY WANT
chinese WANG LOL tamil WAN GUAU japanese spanish HONG thai Which one sounds most doggy to you GUK indonesian MEONG korean
