How to write the sounds made by dogs in different languages.
| Language | Sounds |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | woef |
| Albanian | ham ham, hum-hum, gam-gam, uof-uof |
| Arabic | haw haw, hab hab, (nibaah) نباح |
| Armenian | հաւ հաւ (hav hav) |
| Basque | au-au, txau-txau (small dogs) zaunk-zaunk (big dogs) |
| Batak | kung-kung |
| Bengali | ঘেউ ঘেউ (gheu gheu), ভেউ ভেউ (bheu bheu), ভউ ভউ (bhou bhou) |
| Bulgarian | бау бау (bau bau), джаф джаф (djaff djaff) |
| Catalan | bup-bup, bub-bub |
| Chinese (Cantonese) | 㕵㕵 (wōu-wōu) |
| Chinese (Mandarin) | 汪汪 (wāng wāng) |
| Croatian | vau vau |
| Czech | haf haf |
| Danish | vuf vuf, vov vov, bjæf bjæf |
| Dutch | waf waf, woef woef |
| English | woof, arf, bow wow, ruff |
| Estonian | auh auh |
| Finnish | hau hau, vuh vuh |
| French | ouah ouah, ouaf ouaf, wouf wouf |
| Galician | jau jau |
| German | wau wau, waff waff, wuff wuff |
| Greek (Modern) |
γαβ γαβ (ghav ghav) |
| Hebrew | (hav hav) הַב־הַב (haw haw) הַאוּ־הַאוּ |
| Hindi | भो भो (bho bho) |
| Hungarian | vau vau |
| Icelandic | voff voff |
| Indonesian | guk guk |
| Irish (Gaelic) | bhuf bhuf |
| Italian | bau bau |
| Japanese | ワンワン (wan wan) |
| Kannada | bow bow |
| Kazakh | арп-арп (arp-arp), шәу-шәу (shau-shau) |
| Korean | 멍멍 (meong meong) |
| Latgalian | vau vau |
| Latvian | vau |
| Lithuanian | au au |
| Macedonian | ав ав (av av), џав џав (dzhav dzhav) |
| Malayalam | bau bau |
| Marathi | भो-भो (bho bho) |
| Norweigan | voff voff, vov vov |
| Persian (Farsi) |
(vāq vāq) واق واق (hāf-hāf) هاف هاف |
| Polish | hau hau |
| Portuguese | au au, ão ão, béu béu |
| Romanian | ham ham |
| Russian | гав-гав (gav gav) - big dogs тяф-тяф (tyaf tyaf) - small dogs |
| Scottish Gaelic | af af, uf uf |
| Serbian | ав ав (av av) |
| Sinhalese | බුඃ බුඃ (buh buh) |
| Slovenian | hov hov |
| Spanish | guau guau |
| Swedish | vov vov, voff voff |
| Tagalog | aw aw |
| Tamil | லொள் லொள் (loll-loll), vovw-vovw, vazh vazh |
| Telugu | bau bau |
| Thai | โฮ่ง ๆ (hong hong), บ๊อก ๆ (bok bok) |
| Turkish | hav hav |
| Ukrainian | гав (gav) |
| Vietnamese | gâu gâu, sủa sủa |
| Welsh | bow-wow |
How to pronounce some of these words
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-linguistic_onomatopoeias#Animal_sounds
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