Almost all dogs bark. Science has shown that virtually all dogs also can understand the barks of other dogs regardless of where they come from, however the way that humans hear those barks differs depending upon the language that people speak and the culture that they live in. Read more.
– Stanley Coren PhD., DSc, FRSC
Afrikaans – blaf, blaf; woef, woef; keff, keff (small dogs)
Albanian – ham, ham
Arabic – hau, hau; how how (هو ,هو)
Armenian – haf, haf
Basque – au, au; txau, txau (small dogs); zaunk, zaunk (large dogs);br>
Balinese – kong, kong
Bengali – gheu, gheu; bhao, bhao
Bulgarian – bau-bau (бау-бау); jaff, jaff (джаф-джаф)
Brazilian Portuguese – au au
Burmese – woke, woke
Catalan – bau, bau; bub, bub
Chinese, Cantonese – wow, wow (汪汪)
Chinese, Mandarin – wang, wang
Croatian – vau, vau
Czech – haf, haf
Danish – vov, vuf
Dutch – waf, waf; woef, woef
English – woof, woof; ruff, ruff; arf, arf; bow wow
Esperanto – boj, boj
Estonian – auh, auh
Finnish – hau, hau; vuh, vuh; rauf, rauf
French – waouh, waouh; ouahn, ouahn; vaf, vaf; wouf, wouf; wouaf, wouaf; jappe jappe
German – wuff, wuff; wau, wau; rawrau, rawrau
Greek – ghav, ghav (γαβ, γαβ)
Hebrew – hav, hav; hau, hau
Hindi – bow, bow
Hungarian – vau, vau
Icelandic – voff, voff
Indonesian – guk, guk
Irish – amh, amh
Italian – bau, bau
Japanese – wan-wan (ワンワン); kyan-kyan (キャンキャン)
Korean – meong, meong (멍멍)
Latvian – vau, vau
Lithuanian – au, au
Macedonian – av, av
Malay – gong, gong
Marathi – bhu, bhu; bho, bho
Norwegian – voff, voff or boff
Persian – vogh, vogh
Polish – hau, hau
Portuguese – au, au; ão-ão; béu-béu
Romanian – ham, ham; hau, hau
Russian – gav, gav (гав-гав); tyav, tyav (тяв-тяв, small dogs)
Serbian – av, av
Sinhala – සිංහල – buh, buh
Slovak – haf, haf; hau, hau
Slovene – hov, hov
Spanish – guau-guau; gua, gua; jau, jau
Swedish – voff, voff; vov, vov; bjäbb, bjäbb
Tagalog – aw, aw; baw, baw
Tamil – wal wal
Thai – โฮ่ง โฮ่ง; บ๊อก บ๊อก
Turkish – hev hev; hav, hav
Ukrainian – гав, гав (hau, hau); дзяв, дзяв (dzyau, dzyau)
Urdu – bow bow
Vietnamese – gâu gâu; ẳng ẳng
Welsh – wff, wff
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