How to write the sounds made by ducks in different languages.
Language | Sounds |
---|---|
Afrikaans | kwaak |
Albanian | mak-mak |
Arabic | (wak-wak) وق وق (batbata) بطبطة |
Basque | par-par |
Batak | kuak-kuak |
Bengali | pnak pnak |
Bulgarian | па-па (paa paa) |
Catalan | coac-coac, mec-mec, qüec-qüec |
Chinese (Mandarin) | 嘎嘎 (gā gā), 呱呱 (guā guā) |
Croatian | kva kva |
Czech | káč káč |
Danish | rap rap |
Dutch | kwak kwak, kwaak kwaak |
English | quack |
Estonian | prääk prääk, prääks prääks |
Finnish | kvaak kvaak |
French | coin coin |
German | quak quak |
Greek (Modern) |
κουάκ κουάκ (kuak kuak) |
Hebrew | (gaʕ gaʕ) גַּע־גַּע |
Hungarian | háp háp |
Icelandic | bra bra |
Irish (Gaelic) | bheac bheac |
Indonesian | kwek kwek |
Italian | qua qua |
Japanese | ガーガー (gā gā) |
Kazakh | қақ-қақ (qaq-qaq) |
Korean | 꽥꽥 (kkwaek kkwaek) |
Latvian | pēk pēk |
Lithuanian | kva kva |
Macedonian | ква ква (kva kva) |
Marathi | पक पक (pak pak) |
Nepali | braaaq caaq |
Norweigan | kvakk kvakk |
Persian (Farsi) |
mak-mak |
Polish | kwa kwa kwa |
Portuguese | quá quá, quak quak |
Romanian | mac mac |
Russian | кря-кря (krja krja) |
Scottish Gaelic | mhàg mhàg, fàg, ràc |
Serbian | квак (kvak) |
Spanish | cua cua |
Swedish | kvack kvack |
Tagalog | kwak kwak |
Tamil | kua kua |
Thai | ก้าบ ๆ (kap kap) |
Turkish | vak vak |
Ukrainian | ках ках (kakh kakh) |
Vietnamese | cạp cạp |
Welsh | cwac cwac |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-linguistic_onomatopoeias#Animal_sounds
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