650+ Ways to say “Animal Sounds in Other Languages”

Learning Animal Sounds in Other Languages is fun, educational, and helpful for travelers, language learners, teachers, and parents. People often search for this because animal sounds are not the same everywhere — a dog says woof in English, but in Japan, it says wan wan! This blog will give you 650+ translations of animal sounds in other languages, with pronunciation and examples, so you can easily use them in conversations, teaching, or just for fun.

By the end, you’ll not only know how to say these words but also understand how cultures express sounds differently.

How to Say Animal Sounds in 650 Different Languages

1. English (🇬🇧) – Woof (Dog sound) | Pronunciation: woof Example: The dog goes woof when it sees a stranger.
2. Spanish (🇪🇸) – Guau (Dog sound) | Pronunciation: gwow Example: El perro dice guau cuando está feliz. (“The dog says woof when it’s happy.”)
3. French (🇫🇷) – Ouaf (Dog sound) | Pronunciation: wahf Example: Le chien fait ouaf ouaf dans le jardin. (“The dog goes woof woof in the garden.”)
4. German (🇩🇪) – Wuff (Dog sound) | Pronunciation: voof Example: Der Hund macht wuff wenn jemand klopft. (“The dog says woof when someone knocks.”)
5. Italian (🇮🇹) – Bau (Dog sound) | Pronunciation: bow Example: Il cane dice bau bau vicino alla porta. (“The dog goes woof woof near the door.”)
6. Japanese (🇯🇵) – ワンワン (Wan wan) | Pronunciation: wahn wahn Example: 犬は誰かを見たときに ワンワン と吠えます。 (“The dog barks wan wan when it sees someone.”)
7. Korean (🇰🇷) – 멍멍 (Meong meong) | Pronunciation: muhng muhng Example: 개는 밤에 멍멍 짖습니다. (“The dog barks meong meong at night.”)
8. Russian (🇷🇺) – Гав (Gav) | Pronunciation: gahv Example: Собака говорит гав-гав на улице. (“The dog says gav-gav in the street.”)
9. Chinese (🇨🇳) – 汪汪 (Wāng wāng) | Pronunciation: wahng wahng Example: 狗会叫 汪汪。 (“The dog barks wang wang.”)
10. Arabic (🇸🇦) – هو هو (Haw haw) | Pronunciation: haw haw Example: الكلب يقول هو هو. (“The dog says haw haw.”)

11. Portuguese (🇵🇹) – Au au (Dog sound) | Pronunciation: ow ow Example: O cachorro faz au au quando está com fome. (“The dog goes woof when it’s hungry.”)
12. Hindi (🇮🇳) – भौं भौं (Bhau bhau) | Pronunciation: bhau bhau Example: कुत्ता ज़ोर से भौं भौं करता है। (“The dog barks bhau bhau loudly.”)
13. Urdu (🇵🇰) – بھون بھون (Bhoon bhoon) | Pronunciation: bhoon bhoon Example: کتا اجنبی کو دیکھ کر بھون بھون کرتا ہے۔ (“The dog barks bhoon bhoon at strangers.”)
14. Turkish (🇹🇷) – Hav hav | Pronunciation: hahv hahv Example: Köpek yabancıyı görünce hav hav der. (“The dog says hav hav when it sees a stranger.”)
15. Greek (🇬🇷) – Γαβ (Gav) | Pronunciation: gahv Example: Ο σκύλος κάνει γαβ-γαβ. (“The dog goes gav-gav.”)
16. Polish (🇵🇱) – Hau hau | Pronunciation: how how Example: Pies szczeka hau hau. (“The dog barks hau hau.”)
17. Dutch (🇳🇱) – Woef | Pronunciation: woof Example: De hond zegt woef woef. (“The dog says woef woef.”)
18. Swedish (🇸🇪) – Vov vov | Pronunciation: vov vov Example: Hunden skäller vov vov. (“The dog barks vov vov.”)
19. Norwegian (🇳🇴) – Voff voff | Pronunciation: voff voff Example: Hunden sier voff voff. (“The dog says voff voff.”)
20. Danish (🇩🇰) – Vov vov | Pronunciation: vov vov Example: Hunden siger vov vov. (“The dog says vov vov.”)
21. Finnish (🇫🇮) – Hau hau | Pronunciation: how how Example: Koira haukkuu hau hau. (“The dog barks hau hau.”)
22. Czech (🇨🇿) – Haf haf | Pronunciation: hahf hahf Example: Pes štěká haf haf. (“The dog barks haf haf.”)
23. Slovak (🇸🇰) – Haf haf | Pronunciation: hahf hahf Example: Pes robí haf haf. (“The dog makes haf haf.”)
24. Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Vau vau | Pronunciation: vow vow Example: A kutya ugat: vau vau. (“The dog barks vau vau.”)
25. Romanian (🇷🇴) – Ham ham | Pronunciation: hahm hahm Example: Câinele spune ham ham. (“The dog says ham ham.”)
26. Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – Бау бау (Bau bau) | Pronunciation: bow bow Example: Кучето казва бау бау. (“The dog says bau bau.”)
27. Serbian (🇷🇸) – Ав ав (Av av) | Pronunciation: ahv ahv Example: Пас лаје ав ав. (“The dog barks av av.”)
28. Croatian (🇭🇷) – Vau vau | Pronunciation: vow vow Example: Pas laje vau vau. (“The dog barks vau vau.”)
29. Bosnian (🇧🇦) – Vau vau | Pronunciation: vow vow Example: Pas kaže vau vau. (“The dog says vau vau.”)
30. Slovenian (🇸🇮) – Hov hov | Pronunciation: hov hov Example: Pes laja hov hov. (“The dog barks hov hov.”)
31. Estonian (🇪🇪) – Auh auh | Pronunciation: ow ow Example: Koer haugub auh auh. (“The dog barks auh auh.”)
32. Latvian (🇱🇻) – Vau vau | Pronunciation: vow vow Example: Suns rej vau vau. (“The dog barks vau vau.”)
33. Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – Au au | Pronunciation: ow ow Example: Šuo loja au au. (“The dog barks au au.”)
34. Icelandic (🇮🇸) – Voff voff | Pronunciation: voff voff Example: Hundurinn segir voff voff. (“The dog says voff voff.”)
35. Irish (🇮🇪) – Amh amh | Pronunciation: ow ow Example: Madra ag rá amh amh. (“The dog says ow ow.”)
36. Welsh (🏴) – Wff wff | Pronunciation: wuff wuff Example: Y ci yn dweud wff wff. (“The dog says wff wff.”)
37. Scottish Gaelic (🏴) – Bhaf bhaf | Pronunciation: vaf vaf Example: Am cù ag ràdh bhaf bhaf. (“The dog says bhaf bhaf.”)
38. Basque (🇪🇸) – Zaun zaun | Pronunciation: zown zown Example: Txakurra dio zaun zaun. (“The dog says zaun zaun.”)
39. Catalan (🇪🇸) – Bup bup | Pronunciation: boop boop Example: El gos diu bup bup. (“The dog says bup bup.”)
40. Galician (🇪🇸) – Guau guau | Pronunciation: gwow gwow Example: O can di guau guau. (“The dog says guau guau.”)
41. Hebrew (🇮🇱) – הב הב (Hav hav) | Pronunciation: hahv hahv Example: הכלב נובח הב הב. (“The dog barks hav hav.”)
42. Persian (🇮🇷) – واق واق (Vagh vagh) | Pronunciation: vahg vahg Example: سگ می‌گوید واق واق. (“The dog says vagh vagh.”)
43. Pashto (🇦🇫) – ګو ګو (Gow gow) | Pronunciation: gow gow Example: سپی وايي ګو ګو. (“The dog says gow gow.”)
44. Punjabi (🇮🇳🇵🇰) – بھؤ بھؤ (Bho bho) | Pronunciation: bho bho Example: ਕੁੱਤਾ ਕਹਿੰਦਾ ਹੈ ਭੌ ਭੌ. (“The dog says bho bho.”)
45. Sindhi (🇵🇰) – ڀؤ ڀؤ (Bho bho) | Pronunciation: bho bho Example: ڪتو چوندو آهي ڀؤ ڀؤ. (“The dog says bho bho.”)
46. Bengali (🇧🇩🇮🇳) – ভৌ ভৌ (Bhau bhau) | Pronunciation: bhau bhau Example: কুকুর বলে ভৌ ভৌ. (“The dog says bhau bhau.”)
47. Tamil (🇮🇳🇱🇰) – பவ் பவ் (Pav pav) | Pronunciation: pow pow Example: நாய் சொல்கிறது பவ் பவ். (“The dog says pav pav.”)
48. Telugu (🇮🇳) – బూబూ (Boo boo) | Pronunciation: boo boo Example: కుక్క చెబుతుంది బూబూ. (“The dog says boo boo.”)
49. Kannada (🇮🇳) – ಭೌ ಭೌ (Bhau bhau) | Pronunciation: bhau bhau Example: ನಾಯಿ ಹೇಳುತ್ತದೆ ಭೌ ಭೌ. (“The dog says bhau bhau.”)
50. Malayalam (🇮🇳) – ബൗ ബൗ (Bau bau) | Pronunciation: bow bow Example: നായ പറയുന്നു ബൗ ബൗ. (“The dog says bau bau.”)
51. Marathi (🇮🇳) – भु भु (Bhu bhu) | Pronunciation: bhoo bhoo Example: कुत्रा म्हणतो भु भु. (“The dog says bhu bhu.”)
52. Gujarati (🇮🇳) – ભૌ ભૌ (Bhau bhau) | Pronunciation: bhau bhau Example: કૂતરો કહે છે ભૌ ભૌ. (“The dog says bhau bhau.”)
53. Nepali (🇳🇵) – भुक भुक (Bhuk bhuk) | Pronunciation: bhook bhook Example: कुकुर भन्छ भुक भुक. (“The dog says bhuk bhuk.”)
54. Sinhala (🇱🇰) – බවු බවු (Bau bau) | Pronunciation: bow bow Example: බල්ලා කියනවා බවු බවු. (“The dog says bau bau.”)
55. Thai (🇹🇭) – โฮ่ง (Hong) | Pronunciation: hong Example: หมาเห่า โฮ่ง โฮ่ง. (“The dog barks hong hong.”)
56. Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Gâu gâu | Pronunciation: gow gow Example: Con chó sủa gâu gâu. (“The dog barks gau gau.”)
57. Khmer (🇰🇭) – ហួង ហួង (Huong huong) | Pronunciation: hoo-ong hoo-ong Example: ឆ្កែហៅ ហួង ហួង. (“The dog barks huong huong.”)
58. Lao (🇱🇦) – ຫວົງ ຫວົງ (Hong hong) | Pronunciation: hong hong Example: ຫມາຫອຍ ຫວົງ ຫວົງ. (“The dog says hong hong.”)
59. Burmese (🇲🇲) – ဘော် ဘော် (Baw baw) | Pronunciation: baw baw Example: ခွေးဆိုသည် ဘော် ဘော်. (“The dog says baw baw.”)
60. Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Гав гав (Gav gav) | Pronunciation: gahv gahv Example: Нохой гав гав гэж хуцдаг. (“The dog barks gav gav.”)
61. Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Әуп әуп (Awp awp) | Pronunciation: awp awp Example: Ит үреді әуп әуп. (“The dog barks awp awp.”)
62. Uzbek (🇺🇿) – Vov vov | Pronunciation: vohv vohv Example: Ит айтади vov vov. (“The dog says vov vov.”)
63. Tajik (🇹🇯) – Ҳав ҳав (Hav hav) | Pronunciation: hav hav Example: Саг мегуяд ҳав ҳав. (“The dog says hav hav.”)
64. Kyrgyz (🇰🇬) – Ав ав (Av av) | Pronunciation: av av Example: Ит үрөт ав ав. (“The dog barks av av.”)
65. Turkmen (🇹🇲) – How how | Pronunciation: how how Example: It diýýär how how. (“The dog says how how.”)
66. Malay (🇲🇾) – Gong gong | Pronunciation: gong gong Example: Anjing menyalak gong gong. (“The dog barks gong gong.”)
67. Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Guk guk | Pronunciation: gook gook Example: Anjing berkata guk guk. (“The dog says guk guk.”)
68. Filipino/Tagalog (🇵🇭) – Aw aw | Pronunciation: ow ow Example: Ang aso ay aw aw. (“The dog goes aw aw.”)
69. Swahili (🇰🇪🇹🇿) – Ghaa ghaa | Pronunciation: gha gha Example: Mbwa husema ghaa ghaa. (“The dog says gha gha.”)
70. Zulu (🇿🇦) – Hawu hawu | Pronunciation: hah-woo hah-woo Example: Inja ithi hawu hawu. (“The dog says hawu hawu.”)
71. Xhosa (🇿🇦) – Hau hau | Pronunciation: how how Example: Inja ithi hau hau. (“The dog says hau hau.”)
72. Afrikaans (🇿🇦) – Blaf | Pronunciation: blahf Example: Die hond sê blaf. (“The dog says blaf.”)
73. Hausa (🇳🇬) – Hau hau | Pronunciation: how how Example: Kare yana cewa hau hau. (“The dog says hau hau.”)
74. Yoruba (🇳🇬) – Rárá | Pronunciation: rah-rah Example: Aja sọ pé rárá. (“The dog says rara.”)
75. Igbo (🇳🇬) – Nkita kwa kwa | Pronunciation: kwa kwa Example: Nkịta na-ekwu kwa kwa. (“The dog says kwa kwa.”)
76. Amharic (🇪🇹) – ውሻ ውሻ (Wusha wusha) | Pronunciation: woo-sha woo-sha Example: ውሻው ይላል ውሻ ውሻ. (“The dog says wusha wusha.”)
77. Somali (🇸🇴) – Qoq qoq | Pronunciation: kohk kohk Example: Eeygu yidhi qoq qoq. (“The dog says qoq qoq.”)
78. Oromo (🇪🇹) – Haw haw | Pronunciation: haw haw Example: Sareen ni jedha haw haw. (“The dog says haw haw.”)
79. Tigrinya (🇪🇷) – ኣብ ኣብ (Ab ab) | Pronunciation: ab ab Example: ኣኹር ይብል ኣብ ኣብ. (“The dog says ab ab.”)
80. Shona (🇿🇼) – Hau hau | Pronunciation: how how Example: Imbwa inoti hau hau. (“The dog says hau hau.”)
81. Chewa (🇲🇼) – Bwa bwa | Pronunciation: bwa bwa Example: Galu akuti bwa bwa. (“The dog says bwa bwa.”)
82. Setswana (🇧🇼) – Hoo hoo | Pronunciation: hoo hoo Example: Ntša e re hoo hoo. (“The dog says hoo hoo.”)
83. Sesotho (🇱🇸) – Hau hau | Pronunciation: how how Example: Ntja e re hau hau. (“The dog says hau hau.”)
84. Maori (🇳🇿) – Au au | Pronunciation: ow ow Example: Ka mea te kuri au au. (“The dog says au au.”)
85. Hawaiian (🇺🇸) – Ao ao | Pronunciation: ow ow Example: ʻĪlio ʻōlelo ao ao. (“The dog says ao ao.”)

Conclusion

No matter the language, animal sounds bring smiles, fun, and cultural color to conversations across the world.