Noises made by animals in different languages

Noises made by cats

Catalan: "meu" (Courtesy of koala.)

Chinese: "mao" (Courtesy of BrainsOfSteel.)

Danish: "miav" (Courtesy of Carthag.)

Dutch: "miauw" (Courtesy of fuzzy and blue.)

English: "meow"

Finnish: "miau" (Courtesy of Jope.)

French: "miaou"

German: "Miau" (Courtesy of mawa.)

Greek: "naiou" (Courtesy of donnaidh_sidhe.)

Hebrew: "Miau" and sometimes "Miya" (Courtesy of undone.)

Hungarian: "miau" (Courtesy of ba.)

Japanese: "nyan", "nya", "n'yao" or "myah" (Courtesy of nekojin and tongpoo.)

Korean: "yaong" or "nyaong" (Courtesy of Provolo.)

Norwegian: "mjau" (Courtesy of delta.)

Portuguese: "miau" (Courtesy of e-anorexia.)

Spanish: "miau"

Swedish: "mjau" (Courtesy of rollo.)

Noises made by roosters

English: "cock-a-doodle-doo"

Finnish: "kukkokiekuu"

French: "cocorico"

German: "kikeriki" (Courtesy of gwenllian.)

Hebrew: A proper Hebrew rooster will utter a kookooreekoo at dawn, emphasizing the first and third syllables should he wish to sound colourful. (Courtesy of undone.)

Japanese: "kokekoko"

Portuguese: "cocoricó" (Courtesy of e-anorexia.)

Norwegian: "kykkeliky" (Courtesy of Sverre)

Spanish: "quiquiriqui"

Swedish: "kuckeliku" (Courtesy of rollo)

Noises made by pigs

Danish: "øf! øf!" (Courtesy of skongshoj)

Dutch: "knor knor" (Courtesy of BurningTongues)

English: "oink-oink"

Finnish: "röh röh"

French: "groin-groin"

German: "Grunz, grunz" (Courtesy of gwenllian)

Hebrew: (Undone will have us note that there is no such thing as a good Hebrew pig for kosher reasons.)

Hungarian: "röf-röf" (Courtesy of ba)

Japanese: "bu-bu"

Norwegian: "Nøff nøff" (Courtesy of Sverre)

Portuguese: "óinc óinc" (Courtesy of e-anorexia.)

Spanish: "oink! oink!"(Courtesy of koala)

Swedish: "nöff nöff" (Courtesy of rollo)

Noises made by cows

Dutch: "Boe" (Courtesy of skow)

English: "moo"

Estonian: "mop"

Finnish: "muu," "ammuu" (Courtesy of Jope)

French: "meug, meugle"

German: "Muh" (Courtesy of ba)

Greek: "mu" (Just kidding)

Hebrew: moo (Courtesy of undone.)

Hungarian: "mú" (Courtesy of ba)

Japanese: "moh"

Norwegian: "Mø" (Courtesy of Sverre)

Polish: "Yazooo"

Portuguese: "múúú" (Courtesy of e-anorexia)

Spanish: "muu"

Swedish: "muuu" (Courtesy of rollo)

Noises made by dogs

Cantonese Chinese: "Wo! Wo!" (Incidentally, the term little children use to describe dogs. Courtesy of melodrame)

Catalan: "bup bup!" (Courtesy of koala)

Czech: "haf haf!" (Courtesy of nYxxie)

Dutch: "waf waf!" or "woef woef." (The 'waf waf' is for smaller dogs that make a somewhat higher pitched bark, 'woef' is for big dogs. Very small dogs do a 'kef kef'. Courtesy of archie2)

English: "woof," "arf," "bow wow", "yip yip / yap yap" for small rat-dogs too.

Estonian: "Auh-auh" (Courtesy of upthorn and "A Guide to Barking Abroad" from his copy of The Best of the Journal of Irreproducable Results. montecarlo says: I'd spell the Estonian entry as "Auhh, auhh", because the "h" is not silent, but pronounced hard, like German "ch" in "Achtung".)

Finnish: "hau hau!" or "vuh vuh!" (Courtesy of Jope and break)

French (from Astérix books. i.e., à la Idéfix - you know him as Dogmatix): "Wouaff! Wouaff!" or "ouah-ouah"(Courtesy of melodrame)

German: "Wau-Wau" (pronounced like "vow") or "Wuff-Wuff". (Courtesy of -brazil- and izubachi.)

Hebrew: The canines of Cana'an supposedly go "hav hav!" , but I can't think of ever hearing a dog emit anything remotely like this. (Courtesy of ariels and undone.)

Japanese: "wan-wan"

Mandarin (Han) Chinese: "wang wang!" (note: the ang is pronounced as an "ah" with an "ng", not like "bang" or "fang". Thanks to blaaf for that one.)

Korean: "mong mong!"(Courtesy of Dystopian Autocrat)

Lebanese: "Haw-haw" (Courtesy of upthorn)

Nigeria - Calabar area: "wai-wai" (Courtesy of upthorn)

Norwegian: "voff voff" (Courtesy of Sverre)

Polish: "how, how" (Courtesy of liontamer)

Portuguese: "au au" (Courtesy of e-anorexia.)

Russian: "gav gav!" (Courtesy of TheLady)

Spanish: "gau gau"(Courtesy of koala)

Spanish (El Salvador): "Guau-Guau" (Courtesy of upthorn")

Spanish (Peru): "gua-gua-gua" (Courtesy of upthorn)

Swedish: "vov vov" (Courtesy of h_e)

Tamil: "Bou-Bou" (rhymes with How How) (Courtesy of rep_movsd)

Thai: "hong-hong" (Courtesy of upthorn)

Ukranian: "Breshe" (Courtesy of upthorn)

Vietnamese: "Gau gau" (Courtesy of upthorn)

Yoruba (Nigeria): "gbogbo" (Courtesy of upthorn) Noises made by birds Dutch: "Tjilp-Tjilp" (Courtesy of SharQ.) English: "tweet," "chirp-chirp." Finnish: "Tsirp tsirp," "tiu tiu" (and several more, depending on the species. Courtesy of Jope.) French: "cui-cui" German: "piep", "tschilp", "zwitscher" and similar cutesy things, depending on species (cuckoos, for example, say "Kuckuck"...)" (Courtesy of gwenllian.) Greek: "tsiou" (Courtesy of donnaidh_sidhe.) Hebrew: tsif-tsif (Courtesy of undone.) Japanese: "pi-pi" Norwegian: "pip pip", "kvitre" (Courtesy of Sverre) Portuguese: "piu-piu" (Courtesy of e-anorexia).) Spanish: "pio pio" (Courtesy of koala) Swedish: "pip pip" (Courtesy of rollo)