How to write the calls made by some owls in different languages.
Language | Sounds |
---|---|
Afrikaans | hoe-hoe |
Albanian | ku-ku |
Armenian | պու պու (boo boo) |
Basque | kukurruku |
Bengali | huup huup |
Bulgarian | бууу (buuu) |
Catalan | xut |
Croatian | hu hu |
Czech | hůůů |
Dutch | oehoe |
English | hoo hoo, twit twoo, toowit toowoo |
Estonian | uhuu |
Finnish | huhuu |
French | ouh ouh |
German | hu hu |
Hebrew | (hu-huuu) הוּ־הוווּ |
Hungarian | hú hú |
Indonesian | kuk-kuk |
Italian | huu huu |
Japanese | ホウホウ (hō hō) |
Latvian | u-hū |
Polish | hu-huuu |
Portuguese | u-huu |
Romanian | hu-huuu |
Russian | угу (ugu), уху (ukhu) |
Spanish | uh, uh |
Swedish | ho-hoo |
Turkish | gu guk guuk |
Welsh | coc-a-dwdl-dŵ, go-go-go |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-linguistic_onomatopoeias#Animal_sounds
Words for owl in different languages
https://www.indifferentlanguages.com/words/owl
Indentifying owls by their calls
https://www.audubon.org/news/learn-identify-five-owls-their-calls
https://www.owlpages.com/owls/sounds.php
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