| explosions |
| hit, strike, touch |
| metal (incl bells, swords) |
| shooting weapons (incl bullets) |
| engines and movement |
| liquid |
| gas (hissing, air etc) |
| crack, rattle and rustle |
| tones and alarms |
| music |
|   |
| human: conversation |
| human: laughter |
| human: pain, disease |
| human: eating, drinking |
|   |
| animals: birds |
| animals: other |
| animals (international): rooster |
| animals (international): dog |
|   |
| uncategorized |
|   |
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| Bengali | ghaue-ghaue |
| Catalan | bub bub |
| Chinese (Cantonese) | wou wou |
| Chinese (Mandarin) | wang wang |
| Croatian | vau-vau |
| Czech | haf-haf |
| Danish | vov-vov |
| Dutch | woef woef [as English woof], waf waf, wraf |
| English | bow-wow, bark, arf, woof, ruff, yap, yelp, howl, bawl, yip |
| Esperanto | boj |
| Finnish | hau-hau![]() |
| French | ouahouah |
| German | wau-wau, wuff wuff |
| Greek (modern) | ghav-ghav |
| Hebrew | hav-hav |
| Hungarian | vau-vau |
| Icelandic | voff |
| Indonesian | guk guk |
| Interlingua | uau-uau |
| Italian | bau-bau |
| Japanese | wan-wan, bau-bau, kyan-kyan |
| Korean | mung mung |
| Norwegian | voff, vov-vov |
| Polish | hau-hau |
| Portuguese | au-au |
| Romanian | ham ham |
| Russian | gav-gav |
| Slovak | haf-haf |
| Spanish | guau-guau |
| Swedish | vov vov |
| Teso | wou wou |
| Thai | hoang hoang |
| Turkish | hav, hav |
| Vietnamese | wau wau |
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