# Animal sounds in other languages **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 18, 2005, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-sounds-in-other-languages/312925 "2005-07-18T01:11:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ainak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/919ad9/32.png) [@Ainak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ainak)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2005, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-sounds-in-other-languages/312925/1 "2005-07-18T01:11:02Z")
In English, roosters say “Cock a doodle do.” In French, roosters say “Co co ri co” What do Italian roosters say? Do Belgian pigs say “oink?” How do dogs bark in Dutch? Japanese? Malay? And who decides these things? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2005, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-sounds-in-other-languages/312925/2 "2005-07-18T01:24:12Z")
> [@Ainak](#): > > What do Italian roosters say? chicchirichí > [@](#): > > Do Belgian pigs say “oink?” No, groin groin (Walloon ones, anyway) > [@](#): > > How do dogs bark in Dutch? woef > [@](#): > > Japanese? wanwan or kyankyan > [@](#): > > Malay? gonggong (if it’s like Indonesian) All from [here](http://www.georgetown.edu/faculty/ballc/animals/animals.html) ---
**Author:** ![Ainak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/919ad9/32.png) [@Ainak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ainak)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2005, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-sounds-in-other-languages/312925/3 "2005-07-18T01:35:10Z")
Excellent. Lesson: Google before starting thread. ---
**Author:** ![Good\_Egg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/96bed5/32.png) [@Good\_Egg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Good_Egg)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2005, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-sounds-in-other-languages/312925/4 "2005-07-18T02:26:31Z")
I just read that in Uncle Johns Bathroom Reader ---
**Author:** ![manx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@manx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manx)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2005, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-sounds-in-other-languages/312925/5 "2005-07-18T12:07:19Z")
In Spanish, I was once taught, dogs say ‘gwah!’ ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2005, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-sounds-in-other-languages/312925/6 "2005-07-18T14:39:43Z")
> [@manx](#): > > In Spanish, I was once taught, dogs say ‘gwah!’ guau-guau, usually, which is pronounced more-or-less hwow-hwow ---
**Author:** ![MackoUr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eada6e/32.png) [@MackoUr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MackoUr)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2005, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-sounds-in-other-languages/312925/7 "2005-07-18T19:53:12Z")
Dogs: Vow-vow Pigs: ruff-ruff roosters: koo-koo-ree-koo cats: miao cows: boo frogs: brek-brek These aren’t the proper spellings; just what I’ve learned from 3-year-old son who has learned it from his Hungarian mom. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-sounds-in-other-languages/312925/8 "2005-07-19T04:19:28Z")
When in France, I can get into any taxi I want as ask for Anti-freeze and make the sound of a pig. “Gweek, Gweek” (spelled as it sounds to me) The driver of said cab will immediatly recognize me as a Genius along the lines of Jerry Lewis.