How To Say “Dog” in 61 Languages!
This might come in handy in your world travels…especially the Pig Latin translation!
Afrikaans - hond
Albanian - qen
Arabic - Calb
Armenian - shoon
American Sign Language - tap your right hip, raise your right hand up to your shoulder and snap your fingers.
Bengali- kukur
Cherokee - gi li
Chinese - gau
Creole - chen
Czech - pes
Danish - hund
Dutch - hond
Eskimo - kringmerk
Esperanto - hundo
Photo by kaolynn-oyama
Estonian - koer
Farsi - kuche
Finnish - koira
French - chien/ne
German - hund
Greek - skylos
Hawaiian - ‘ilio
Hebrew - kelev
Hmong- dev
Hindi - KuttA or ShvAna
Hungarian - kutya
Icelandic - hond
Indonesian - mengikuti
Irish - madra
Italian - cane
Japanese - ceu’
Kongo- mbwa
Korean - gae
Latin - canis
Photo by febpanda
Latvian - suns
Lithuanian - sunis
Maori- kelb or kurii
Mohawk - erhar
Mongolian - noqai
Novajo - lha-cha-eh
Norwegian - hund
Pig Latin - ogday
Polish - Pies
Portuguese - cao
Romanian - caine
Romany- Rikono
Russian - cobaka
Samoan - maile
Serbian - pas
Sicilian - cani
Slovak - pes
Somali - eey
Spanish - perro
Swahili - mbwa
Swedish - hund
Tibetan - khyi
Turkish - kopek
Ukrainian - sobaka, pes
Urdu- kutta
Welsh - ci
Yiddish - hunt or kelef
Zulu - inja
Tags: american sign language, skylos, mbwa, calb, khyi
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