That's interesting! The default cat sound in my language is "miau", which sounds much more like the second one, but when someone is making that noise, we say he/she "nyávog", which seems to be the first one + 'og'.

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 26 points 4 months ago (3 children)

In Spanish class, we were taught that dogs go "guau guau" instead of "bark bark"

[–] kryptonidas@lemmings.world 13 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Dutch: (Kind of non official ranking)

Kef kef: Small dogs like chihuahuas
Waf: Medium sized dogs
Woef: Larger dogs

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago

I hadn't considered size of the dog. I guess small dogs yap or yip in English, not bark

[–] Ooops@feddit.org 5 points 4 months ago

Your dogs have accents depending on size? German ones are boring and speak in standard Wuff.

[–] d00ery@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Polish is written "hau hau hau*" in English it sounds like "How how how"

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

LOVE that. Gonna start using it in my dog

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago

Meow vs. Miaou for example (that's a French accent)