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Animal Sounds
In different languages what do we say to mimic
animal sounds? Below is the world’s biggest multilingual list.
A guiding principle behind this list is to visualise a comic
book, in your language, and imagine what would be written in
the text balloon coming from the mouth of an animal. For languages
that use a different alphabet, I have tried to transliterate
the word into the English alphabet for ease of comparison. A
forward slash is used to separate alternative words. Please
email me at dabbott(at)eleceng.adelaide.edu.au if you have any
comments, corrections or additions.
Acknowledgements: (Danish)
Per-Anker Lindgard; (Dutch) Henk van Beijeren; (English) Derek
Abbott, Lloyd Irving, Cosma Shalizi, Oxford English Dictionary;
(Finnish) Antti-Pekka Jauho; (French) Frederic Bonnet; (German)
Ehrhard Behrends, Inke Pitz, Irena Hajnsek; (Greek) Anna Tanatzi;
(Hebrew) Amit Singer; (Hungarian) Janos Bergou, Andrea Kish;
(Italian) Riccardo Mannella, Louise Giamarino; (Japan) Miki
Kurahashi, Nobuko Fuchikami; (Russian) Vadim Smelyanski, Slava
Soskin, Kira Foygel, Mark Dykman; (Spanish) Jose Francisco Lopez
Feliciano, Sebastian "Chano" Lopez Suarez, Jorge Rodriguez,
Armando Morales-Castorena; (Swedish) Lisen Kulman; (Turkish)
Nesimi Ertugrul.
Animal Sound
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Danish |
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English |
Finnish |
French |
German |
Greek |
Hebrew |
Hungarian |
Italian |
Japanese |
Portugese |
Russian |
Spanish |
Swedish |
Turkish |
Urdu |
| Bee droning |
bzzz |
buzz |
buzz/bzzz |
bzz |
bzzz |
summ summ |
zoum zoum |
bzzz |
bzzz |
zzzz |
boon boon |
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zh-zh-zh |
bzzz |
buzz buzz |
vizzz |
bzzz |
| Bird (small) |
pip-pip |
tjiep |
cheep/chirp/
chirrup/peep
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piip |
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piep piep |
tsiou tsiou |
tziff-tziff |
csip-csirip |
chip |
pee pee/
pii pii
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fiyt-fiyt |
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pip-pip |
jiyk jiyk |
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| Bird (medium) |
dit kari jay sige lige sa tit son jay vol |
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cheep cheep/
tweet
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tsirk/
piip
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cui cui |
tschiwitt |
tsiou tsiou |
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csirip |
chip |
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pio |
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pío pío |
pip-pip |
juyk juyk |
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| Bird (big) |
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squawk |
kvak |
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kra kra |
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hihihi/
chip (loudly)
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ouh-ouh |
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| Bird (many birds) |
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warble/twitter |
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chip chip |
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| Camel nuzzing |
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grumph |
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ga-a-a-a-h |
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| Cat mewing |
miav |
miauw |
meow |
miau |
miaou |
miau |
miaou |
miyau |
miau |
miau |
nyan nyan/
nyaa nyaa
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miyau |
miao |
mjan mjan |
miyav |
meow |
| Cat purring |
pierr |
prrr |
purr |
hrr |
ronron |
srr |
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doromb |
purr |
goro goro |
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mrrr |
rrr |
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| Chaffinch |
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pink |
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| Chicken (hen) clucking |
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tok tok |
cluck cluck |
kot-kot |
cotcotcodet |
tock tock |
ko ko ko/ka ka ka |
chuck-chuck |
kot kot |
coccodé |
ku-ku-ku-ku/
ko-ko-ko-ko
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ko-ko-ko |
caca-racá/
cocorocó/
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ock-ock |
gut gut gdak |
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| Rooster (cock) crowing |
kykyliky |
kukeleku |
cock-a-doodle-doo |
kukko kiekuu |
cocorico |
kikeriki |
kikiriku/
kikiriki
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coo-koo-ri-koo |
kukuriku |
chicchirichí |
ko-ke-kok-ko-o |
cucurucu |
kukareku |
quiquiriquí/
kikiriki
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kuckeliku |
kuk-kurri-kuuu
u uru uuu (pron: oo-oore-oo)
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kuklooku |
| Chick (baby chicken) |
pip-pip |
piep piep |
cheep/peep |
piip |
piou piou |
piep piep |
ko ko ko |
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csip-csip |
pio pio |
piyo piyo |
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pi-pi-pi |
pi-pi |
pip-pip |
jiyk jiyk
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tsik-tsik |
| Cow lowing |
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moe/
boe
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moo |
ammuu/
möö (calf)
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meuh |
mmuuh |
moo |
moo |
mu |
muu |
mau mau |
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mu-u-u |
muuu/
meee
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mu mu |
mooo (pron: meuh) |
baeh |
| Cow/Bull (angry) snorting |
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snurk |
snort |
pärsk |
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pfff |
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buff |
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| Crane |
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clang |
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| Crocodile (biting) |
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klap |
snap |
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clap |
klap |
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gnam |
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clap/
clack
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| Crow cawing |
kra-kra |
kra kra |
kaak/
caw
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kraa/
vaak
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croa croa |
kräh kräh |
kra-kra |
krak-krak |
kár-kár |
cra cra |
kar-kar |
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kar-kar |
ah ah |
kra kra |
gaak gaak |
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| Cuckoo |
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koekoek |
cuckoo |
kukkuu |
coucou |
kuckuck |
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cuckoo |
kakukk |
cucú |
kakko-kakko/
tokkyo-kyoka-kyoku (baby cuckoo)
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ku-ku |
cu-cu |
ko-ko |
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| Deer |
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troat |
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| Donkey braying |
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i-a |
hee haw/
eeyore
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hihan |
iaah iaah |
iaa iaa |
yi-ah |
iá-iá |
ioh ioh |
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ia-ia |
iha iha/
ji-jo
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a-iiii a-iiii |
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| Dog barking (small dog) |
vov-vov (in a high voice) |
waf waf |
yap yap/
arf arf
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hau hau |
ouah ouah (in a high voice) |
wau wau
(in a high voice) |
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how-how |
vau vau |
arf arf/
bau bau
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kian kian |
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hav-hav/
gav-gav
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guau/
gua
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bjäbb-bjäbb |
hev hev |
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| Dog barking (medium dog) |
vov-vov |
woef woef |
woof woof/
ruff ruff
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vuff |
ouah ouah |
wau wau |
gav gav |
woof-woof |
vau vau |
bau bau |
wan wan |
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hav-hav/
gav-gav
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guav |
vov-vov/
voff
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hauv hauv |
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| Dog barking (big dog) |
vov-vov (in a low voice) |
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bow wow |
vuff/
rouf
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ouah ouah (in a low voice) |
wuff wuff |
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vau vau |
bau bau |
wan wan |
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hav-hav/
gav-gav
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guf guf |
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hov hov |
bow bow |
| Dog (biting) |
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gnash/
snap
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naps |
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gnam |
gari gari |
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chac |
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| Dog (gnawing bone) |
knor |
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chomp/
chump/
gnaw
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chrong |
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paku paku |
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chua-chua |
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haart haart |
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| Dog (angry) |
grrr |
grr |
grrr/
snarl/
growl
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mrr |
grrr |
grrr |
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grrr |
grr |
uuuuu |
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grrrrr |
grrr |
grr |
hirrrr |
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| Dog (crying) |
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whine/whimper |
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juhhh |
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yu-yu-yuuu! |
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Dog (panting)
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ha ha |
pant pant |
lääh-lääh |
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cha-cha |
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pant pant |
hah hah |
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he-he-he |
eh eh eh |
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heh heh heh |
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| Dog (distressed) |
peep-peep |
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yelp/yip/
howl/yowl
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ui-ui |
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juhhh |
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huuu |
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o-u-u-u-h |
auu |
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| Dog (drinking) |
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lap lap |
glup |
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schlapp schlapp |
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lefety lefety |
slop slop/
slurp
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hu-up hu-up |
blap blap |
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slap slap slap (pron: schlup) |
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| Dove crooding |
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roekoe |
coo |
kurr |
rou rou |
guru guru |
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burukk |
uuu |
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grl-grl |
gu gu/
cucurrucu
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oo ho oo ho |
gu gu gu guuk |
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| Duck gabbing |
rap-rap |
kwak kwak |
quack quack |
kvak |
coin coin |
quack quack |
pa-pa-pa |
quak-quak |
háp-háp |
qua qua |
ga ga |
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krya-krya |
cua cua |
kvack-kvack |
vak vak |
quak quak |
| Elephant trumpeting |
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baraag |
tööt |
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toerroe |
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baaa |
paoh-paoh |
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u-u-u |
biaaah |
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| Frog |
kvæk-kvæk |
kwak kwak |
croak/
ribbit (USA)
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kvaak |
croa croa |
quaak quaak |
quak-quak |
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bre-ke-ke/
kuty kurutty/
kurutty (pron: kurutch)
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cra cra |
kero kero |
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kva-kva |
croac croac |
ko ack ack ack |
vrak vrak |
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| Goat bleating |
mæh |
mè mè |
naa |
mää |
bêê |
maehh maehh |
maehehe |
meh meh |
mek-mek |
bee |
me-e me-e |
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me-e-e |
beee |
määk määk |
me-e-e me-e-e |
meh |
| Goose cackling |
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gak gak |
honk |
tööt |
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gak gak |
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gá-gá |
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ga-a ga-a |
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ga-ga-ga |
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gak gak |
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Horse neighing
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neigh |
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hi-hiin |
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i-go-go |
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iihaha |
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| Horse shuddering |
prrr/
vrinsk
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brrr |
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brrr |
bhhh |
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| Horse whinnying |
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hi hi |
wehee |
iha-haa |
hiiiii |
wihiie |
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nyihaha |
hiii |
hihiiiiin |
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ihiii |
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e-he-he-he |
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| Horse (hoof sound) |
klip-klap |
klip klap |
clip clop |
kopotikop |
clip clop |
klip klap |
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clippete/
clip clop
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paka paka |
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ta-tá ta-tá ta-tá |
cotocloc |
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deg-a-dek |
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| Lion roaring |
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grrrr/
grauuw
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raa/grr/roar |
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raoh |
grr |
ah ah/gra gra |
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grr/
roar
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gaooooo |
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r-r-r-r |
grr |
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uagh |
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| Moose |
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bröl |
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| Mouse squeeking |
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piep piep |
eek |
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piep piep |
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cin-cin (pron: tsin-tsin) |
squit |
chu-chu |
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pi-pi-pi |
iiik |
pip-pip |
viyk viyk |
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| Owl hooting |
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oe hoe |
twit twoo/hoo hoo/whit woo/terwit terwoo |
huhuu |
hou hou |
uhu/
huuh huuh
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hu |
hu hu |
hoh hoh |
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uh! uh! uh! |
uhh uhh |
ho-ho |
uuu uuu |
hoo hoo |
| Ox lowing |
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boo/booh |
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meuh |
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| Parrot |
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lorre/
Lora Lora
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pretty Polly/
Who’s a pretty boy?
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coco |
Lora Lora |
gyuri |
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pityu |
Portobello |
ohayo (=good morning) |
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Pópka-durák |
lorito lorito |
vakra klara |
naaber naaber/
nasilin nasilin/
mucuk mucuk (pron: mujuk)
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mea mitu/
churi
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| Pig grunting |
øf-øf |
knor knor |
oink |
nöff |
groin groin |
grunz |
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röf-röf (pron: reuf-reuf) |
oink |
boo boo |
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hrgu-hrgu |
oink/
oinc
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nöff-nöff |
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| Pig squealing |
hvin |
sweek |
wee wee |
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quiek |
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ui-uii |
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bu-hii bu-hii |
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iiih/
uiii/
cuiii
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| Pigeon cooing |
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coo |
kurr |
rou rou |
guru guru |
gru uu |
woo-woo |
burukk |
hu hu |
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guli-guli |
ruú-ruú/
cucurrocu
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oo ho oo ho |
gu gu gu guuk |
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| Raven croaking |
kra-kra |
kra kra |
caw |
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croâ croâ |
kra-kra |
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kár-kár |
cra cra |
kar-kar |
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kra-kra |
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| Sheep bleating |
mæh-mæh |
bè bè |
baa |
mäh |
bêê |
baehh baehh |
mae-ee |
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beee |
bee |
meh meh |
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beee |
beee beee |
bä bä |
maeh maeh |
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| Snake hissing |
sss |
sss |
sss |
hiss |
sss |
sss |
sss |
psss |
sz-sz |
hshs |
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ssss |
sss |
sss |
sss |
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| Sparrow |
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chun chun |
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| Tiger roaring |
grr |
grr |
raa/grr |
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grr |
grr |
grr |
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grr |
gaooooo |
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grrr |
grrr |
grr |
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| Turkey (male cock) |
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gobble gobble |
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glou glou |
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glou glou |
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clou clou/
goro-goro-goro (Mexico)
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glu glu |
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| Turkey (female hen) |
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yelp |
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| Wolf howling |
oou |
ahoo/
hoeea
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owooooo |
uhuu |
ooouh |
huh |
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oou |
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huu |
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uuu |
auuuh |
oooahh |
ooo |
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| Woodcock |
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peent |
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Animal Commands
In different languages what do we say when we tell an animal
to do something?
Animal Command
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Danish |
Dutch |
English |
Finnish |
French |
German |
Greek |
Hebrew |
Hungarian |
Italian |
Japanese |
Portugese |
Russian |
Spanish |
Swedish |
Turkish |
Urdu |
| Go faster (horse) |
hyp-hyp |
hort |
giddyup |
hep |
hu |
hueah/
hüh
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hei-hei |
hoysa |
gyi/
rá-rá
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vai |
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poshlá |
arre |
(This is unwritable as it is a sound made
with the lips) |
deh |
tazebahaga |
| Slow down (horse) |
prr-prr |
ho |
whoa |
ptruu |
ho |
brr |
sh-sh-sh |
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hó |
piano |
doh doh |
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stoy! |
sooo |
prot |
brr |
aista |
| Come here (cat) |
kissar-kissar |
poes poes/
ps ps ps
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here kitty kitty |
kis-kis |
bi biss |
mietz mietz |
ps-ps-ps |
pss-pss |
cic-cic |
vieni ricio |
neko chan oide |
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ks-ks-ks |
misu misu/
bishito bishito (Mexico)
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kiss-kiss |
pissy-pissy |
ahow |
| Go away (cat) |
hiss |
kst/
ksjjjt
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scat |
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schhh |
psit!! |
kishta |
sic/
hess
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via |
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bryss! |
zupe/
sáquese (Mexico)
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shas |
kis kis (pron: kisht) |
huto |
| Come here (dog) |
kom |
kom kom |
here boy |
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komm hier |
ela! |
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hozzám/
ide
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quí |
wan chan oide |
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syudá |
tiu |
kom nit |
gel/
kucu kucu (pron: kucher)
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ahow |
| Sit down (dog) |
sit |
zit |
sit |
istu |
assis |
sitz |
katse!! |
shev |
üi/
ülj
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siedi |
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sidét |
sit/
sientate
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sitt |
otur |
bato |
| Walk behind me (dog) |
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volg |
heel |
paikka |
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bei Fuss |
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takarj |
dietro |
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za mnoy |
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fot |
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peachao |
| Get stick (dog) |
aport |
raport |
fetch/
get
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hae |
va chercher |
hol’s |
hup!/
piasto!
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tfos |
hozd ide |
prendi |
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apórt |
cogeb |
apport |
tut/
yeakalla
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utalao |
| Go away (dog) |
vak |
weg/
vort
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verschwinde |
exo! |
kishta |
el |
via |
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poshlá/
von
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fuera/
ajucia/
(Las Palmas)
sáquese (Mexico)
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gå |
host (pron: hosht) |
hoosh |
| Go away (any animal) |
vak |
kst/
weg/
vort
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shoo/
scram
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chassez/
va-t’en
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ab/
husch/
geh weg
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exo! |
kishta |
el |
via |
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espante |
poshlá/
von
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vete/
fuera
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shas |
defol |
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| Go away (bird) |
vak |
kst |
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hess |
shó |
shi shi |
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kysh! |
ssk/
shh/
sio
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| Come here (cow) |
buzo-buzo |
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booie |
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ide |
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vacaaa |
kossera kossera kossera mi |
gel sari kiz |
ao |
| Come here (pig) |
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sooie |
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ide |
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turre turre |
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Come here (chicken)
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put-put |
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tsip tsip |
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Animal Pet Names
In different languages what are the most typical names we give
to our pets or animals in children’s story books?
Animal
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Danish |
Dutch |
English |
Finnish |
French |
German |
Greek |
Hebrew |
Hungarian |
Italian |
Japanese |
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Pooh, Paddington |
nalle, otso, mesikämmen |
Winny |
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| Bull |
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Angus |
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Torito |
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| Cat |
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Tom, Boots |
kisu |
Félix |
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Pussi |
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| Ceyote |
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Wiley |
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| Chicken |
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Chicken Licken |
tipu |
Cocotte |
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Coco |
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| Cow |
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Daisy, Voilet, Mavis
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ammu, Mansikki |
Marguerite |
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Carolina/
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| Donkey |
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Eeyore |
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| Dog (small) |
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Fifi, Tiddles |
hauva |
Toutou/
Oscar
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Musetta |
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Solovino
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| Dog (medium) |
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Lassie, Rover, Spot, Fluffy, Snowy
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Rintintin |
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Dog
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Bounder, Rex, Bowser
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Dog
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Gnasher, Bruiser |
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Nerón |
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| Duck |
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Jemima, Donald |
Kalle ja Liisa (name for a pair of ducks) |
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Paperino/
Paperina
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Pascual |
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| Elephant |
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Jumbo, Nellie, Dumbo
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Baban |
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Dumbo |
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| Frog |
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Kermit |
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René |
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| Goat |
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Billy, Nanny |
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| Horse |
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Trigger, Silver |
heppa, humma, koni |
Jolly Jumper |
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Furia |
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| Kangaroo |
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Skippy |
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Skipper |
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Skippy |
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| Lion |
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Reggie, Leo |
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Leo |
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Kimba |
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| Moose |
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Bullwinkle |
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| Mouse |
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Jerry, Mickey, Minnie |
hiiru, hiirulainen |
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Topolino/
Jerry
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Speedy González |
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| Owl |
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Whootie |
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| Parrot |
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Polly |
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| Pig |
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Piglet |
nasu, possu |
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Cuinito |
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| Rabbit |
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Bugs,
Peter,
Brer |
kani |
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Bugs |
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| Rat |
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Roland |
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| Reindeer |
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Rudolph, Prancer, Dasher, Dancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid,
Fabian |
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Rudolf |
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Rodolfo |
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| Sheep |
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Agnes |
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| Snake |
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Lucifer |
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| Tiger |
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Simba, Tigger, Tony
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Tigrou |
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