We know that our pups have their own language full of barks and yips and wiggly noises, but did you know that dog sounds are different in every language? Onomatopoeia is awesome. Protip: Say all of these sounds out loud. 🙂
1. English: woof, woof; ruff, ruff; arf, arf; bow wow; yap, yap; yip, yip (small dogs)
2. German: wuff, wuff; wau, wau
3. Turkish: hev hev; hav, hav
4. Spanish: guau-guau; gua, gua; jau, jau
5. Afrikaans: blaf, blaf; woef, woef; keff, keff (small dogs)
6. Russian: gav, gav (гав-гав); tyav, tyav (тяв-тяв, small dogs)
7. Korean: meong, meong (멍멍)
8. Japanese: wan-wan (ワンワン); kyan-kyan (キャンキャン)
9. Italian: bau, bau
10. Hindi: bow, bow
11. Icelandic: voff, voff
12. Dutch: blaf, blaf; kef, kef; waf, waf; woef, woef
13. Danish: vov, vuf
14. Mandarin: wang, wang (汪汪)
15. Albanian: ham, ham
16. French: waouh, waouh; ouah, ouah; ouaf, ouaf; vaf, vaf; wouf, wouf; wouaf, wouaf; jappe jappe
