How to write the sounds made by horses in different languages.
| Language | Sounds |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | runnik |
| Albanian | iihihihi |
| Arabic | صهيل (saheel) |
| Bengali | iiiiii |
| Bulgarian | chi hni |
| Catalan | hiii, iii |
| Croatian | njihaa |
| Czech | íí-hahá |
| Danish | vrinsk |
| Dutch | niii, hiii |
| English | neigh |
| Estonian | ii-ha-haa |
| Finnish | ii-ha-haa |
| French | hiii hiii |
| German | wiehiehie |
| Hebrew | הִי־הִי (hii hii) |
| Hindi | हिं-हिं (hin-hina) |
| Hungarian | nyihaha |
| Indonesian | yihaa |
| Irish (Gaelic) | né né |
| Italian | hiii hiii |
| Japanese | ヒーン (hīn) |
| Korean | 히잉 (hi-ing) |
| Latin | hinni |
| Latvian | ī-ā |
| Lithuanian | yhaha, ygaga |
| Norweigan | vrinsk |
| Persian (Farsi) |
šīhe |
| Polish | iii-haaa |
| Portuguese | hi hi |
| Romanian | ni-ha-ha |
| Russian | и-го-го (i-go-go) |
| Scottish Gaelic | sitrich |
| Spanish | ji ji |
| Swedish | gnägg |
| Tagalog | hihihi haha |
| Thai | ฮี้ ๆ (hii hii) |
| Turkish | ih-hi-i-i |
| Vietnamese | hí hí hí |
How to pronounce some of these words
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-linguistic_onomatopoeias#Animal_sounds
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