Cross-linguistic onomatopoeias

Because of the nature of onomatopoeia, there are many words which show a similar pronunciation in the languages of the world. The following is a list of some conventional examples: == Human sounds == === Consuming food or drink === === Bodily functions and involuntary sounds === === Cries of distress === === Interrupted speech === === Expressions of positive emotions === == Animal sounds == === Bird sounds === ==== Domestic birds ==== ==== Wild birds ==== === Mammal sounds === ==== Cats and dogs ==== ==== Equine sounds ==== ==== Animals with cloven hooves ==== ==== Other mammals ==== === Other animals === == Collisions, bursts, and strikes == === Balloon or bubble bursting === In Albanian, pau, puf In Arabic, pakh, poof In Batak, tak In Bemba, pobo In Bengali, phat, phatash In Bulgarian, puc пук, pa па In Croatian, puk In Czech, puf In Danish, bang, knald In Dutch, pang, pof, paf, poef In English, pop, bang In Estonian, pops In Finnish, poks, pof, pam In French, bang, pop In German, bäng, peng, plop In Greek, bam μπαμ, bum μπουμ In Hindi, thaa, phatt In Hungarian, pukk (quieter); durr, bumm, bámm (louder) In Indonesian, dor In Italian, bum In Japanese, pan パンッ In Korean, ppang 빵, ppeong 뻥, pang 팡, peong 펑 In Latvian, bliukš In Lithuanian, pokšt In Macedonian, pau пау In Marathi, Dhum ढुम् In Navajo, dǫǫn (nasalised o) In Persian, poloq In Polish, bum, puk, pyk In Portuguese, pá, bum In Romanian, poc In Russian, bakh бах In Serbian, puk In Slovene, pok In Spanish, pop In Swedish, poff In Tagalog, putók, pak In Thai, โป๊ะ (po), ปั้ง (pang) In Turkish, bom In Vietnamese, bốp, bụp === Cannon firing; gunshot; machine gun fire === In Afrikaans, kaboem; boem; ra-tat-tat In Albanian, pum-pum; bau-bau, ta-ta-ta-ta, du-du-du-du In Arabic, bom; bov, tokh طخ In Basque, bunba; danba; ta-ta-ta-ta-ta In Bengali, goom goom In Bulgarian, bum бум, kh кх, tatatata тататата In Catalan, buuum, pumba; pam, pum; ratatatatà In Chinese, Mandarin, pēng 砰; ping, pa 乒, 啪; da da da...

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Cross-linguistic onomatopoeias

Because of the nature of onomatopoeia, there are many words which show a similar pronunciation in the languages of the world. The following is a list of some conventional examples: == Human sounds == === Consuming food or drink === === Bodily functions and involuntary sounds === === Cries of distress === === Interrupted speech === === Expressions of positive emotions === == Animal sounds == === Bird sounds === ==== Domestic birds ==== ==== Wild birds ==== === Mammal sounds === ==== Cats and dogs ==== ==== Equine sounds ==== ==== Animals with cloven hooves ==== ==== Other mammals ==== === Other animals === == Collisions, bursts, and strikes == === Balloon or bubble bursting === In Albanian, pau, puf In Arabic, pakh, poof In Batak, tak In Bemba, pobo In Bengali, phat, phatash In Bulgarian, puc пук, pa па In Croatian, puk In Czech, puf In Danish, bang, knald In Dutch, pang, pof, paf, poef In English, pop, bang In Estonian, pops In Finnish, poks, pof, pam In French, bang, pop In German, bäng, peng, plop In Greek, bam μπαμ, bum μπουμ In Hindi, thaa, phatt In Hungarian, pukk (quieter); durr, bumm, bámm (louder) In Indonesian, dor In Italian, bum In Japanese, pan パンッ In Korean, ppang 빵, ppeong 뻥, pang 팡, peong 펑 In Latvian, bliukš In Lithuanian, pokšt In Macedonian, pau пау In Marathi, Dhum ढुम् In Navajo, dǫǫn (nasalised o) In Persian, poloq In Polish, bum, puk, pyk In Portuguese, pá, bum In Romanian, poc In Russian, bakh бах In Serbian, puk In Slovene, pok In Spanish, pop In Swedish, poff In Tagalog, putók, pak In Thai, โป๊ะ (po), ปั้ง (pang) In Turkish, bom In Vietnamese, bốp, bụp === Cannon firing; gunshot; machine gun fire === In Afrikaans, kaboem; boem; ra-tat-tat In Albanian, pum-pum; bau-bau, ta-ta-ta-ta, du-du-du-du In Arabic, bom; bov, tokh طخ In Basque, bunba; danba; ta-ta-ta-ta-ta In Bengali, goom goom In Bulgarian, bum бум, kh кх, tatatata тататата In Catalan, buuum, pumba; pam, pum; ratatatatà In Chinese, Mandarin, pēng 砰; ping, pa 乒, 啪; da da da...

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