>>19510152>GeeWoof is the conventional representation in the English language of the barking of a dog. As with other examples of onomatopoeia or imitative sounds, other cultures "hear" the dog's barks differently and represent them in their own ways. Some of the equivalents of "woof" in other European and Asian languages are as follows:
English - woof woof; ruff ruff; arf arf (large dogs and also the sound of sea lions); yap yap; yip yip (small dogs), bow wow
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); jau jau (old dogs)
Balinese - kong, kong
Belgium- woef, woef; blaf, blaf; waf, waf (large dogs) Keff, keff; Wuff, Wuff (small dogs)
Bengali - gheu, gheu; bhao, bhao
Bulgarian - bau-bau (бау-бау); jaff, jaff (джаф-джаф)
Burmese - woke, woke
Catalan - bau, bau; bub, bub
Chinese, Cantonese - wong, wong (汪汪)
Chinese, Mandarin - wang, wang (汪汪)
Croatian - vau, vau
Czech - haf, haf; štěk (the bark itself)
Danish - vov, vuf
Dutch - blaf, blaf; kef, kef; waf, waf; woef, woef
Esperanto - boj, boj
Estonian - auh, auh
Finnish - hau, hau; vuh, vuh; rauf, rauf
French - waouh, waouh; ouah, ouah; ouaf, ouaf; vaf, vaf; wouf, wouf; wouaf, wouaf; jappe jappe
German - wuff, wuff; wau, wau;
Greek - ghav, ghav (γαβ, γαβ)
Hebrew - hav, hav; hau, hau
Hindi - bho.n, bho.n (भों भों)
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)[15]
Korean - meong, meong (멍멍, pronounced [mʌŋmʌŋ])
kurdi - hau hau (حەو حەو)
Latvian - vau, vau
Lithuanian - au, au
Macedonian - av, av
Malay - gong, gong ("menggonggong" means barking)
