How to write the sounds made by cats in different languages.
| Language | Sounds |
|---|---|
| Albanian | mjau-mjau |
| Arabic | (muwà-) مُواَء |
| Armenian | միաւ (mee-av) |
| Basque | mau |
| Batak | ngeong |
| Bengali | মিউ মিউ (miu miu) |
| Bulgarian | мяу (mjau) |
| Catalan | marramèu, mèu |
| Chinese (Cantonese) | 喵喵 (mēu-mēu) |
| Chinese (Mandarin) | 喵 (miāo) |
| Croatian | mjau |
| Czech | mňau |
| Danish | mjau, mjav, miau, miav |
| Dutch | miauw, mauw |
| English | miaow (UK), meow (US), mew, miau |
| Estonian | mäu, mjäu, näu, njau, kurnjau |
| Finnish | miau, mau, nau, kurnau |
| French | miaou |
| German | miau |
| Greek (Modern) |
νιάου (niau) |
| Hebrew | (miàw) מְיָאוּ |
| Hindi | myaau, myaaoo |
| Hungarian | miaú, nyau |
| Icelandic | mjá |
| Indonesian | meong |
| Irish (Gaelic) | miao |
| Italian | miao, miau, mao |
| Japanese | ニャー (nyā) |
| Kazakh | мияу-мияу (mijau-mijau) |
| Korean | 야옹 (yaong) |
| Latgalian | ņau ņau |
| Latvian | mjau, ņau |
| Lithuanian | miau |
| Macedonian | мјау (mjau) |
| Malayalam | myaoo myaoo |
| Marathi | म्यांव (meow/myao) |
| Nepali | म्याउँ म्याउँ (myaoo myaoo) |
| Norweigan | mjau |
| Persian (Farsi) |
(mioo mioo) میومیو |
| Polish | miau |
| Portuguese | miau |
| Romanian | miau |
| Russian | мяу (mjau) |
| Scottish Gaelic | miamh, miamha |
| Serbian | мњау (mnjau) |
| Sinhala | ඤාවු (ñāvu) |
| Slovenian | mijav |
| Spanish | miau |
| Swedish | mjau, mjao |
| Tagalog | meyaw, miyaw, ngiyaw |
| Tamil | மியா (miaow(m)) |
| Telugu | miao(m) |
| Thai | เมี้ยว (miao), แง้ว (ngaew) |
| Turkish | miyav |
| Ukrainian | няв (niav) |
| Urdu | meow |
| Vietnamese | meo |
| Welsh | mew, miaw |
| Language | Sounds |
|---|---|
| Esperanto | miaŭ |
| Volapük | miov |
How to pronounce some of these words
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-linguistic_onomatopoeias#Animal_sounds
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