How to write the sounds made by cockerels / roosters in different languages.
| Language | Sounds |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | koekeloekoe |
| Albanian | kikiriki |
| Arabic | kuku-kookoo, kuku-reekoo, esku kookoo, (siqaa) صقاع |
| Armenian | tsoo-ghoo-roo-ghoo, coo-coo-ree-coo |
| Basque | kukurruku |
| Bengali | kuk-ku-ruk-kooo |
| Bulgarian | кукуригу (cucurigu) |
| Catalan | quiquiriquic, cocorococ |
| Chinese (Mandarin) | 咕咕咕 (gū gū gū) |
| Croatian | kukuriku |
| Czech | kykirikí |
| Danish | kykkeliky |
| Dutch | kukeleku |
| English | cockadoodledoo, cock-a-doodle-doo |
| Estonian | kikerikii, kukeleegu |
| Finnish | kukkokiekuu, kukko (cock), kiekuu (crowing) |
| French | cocorico |
| Georgian | ყიყლიყო (qiqliqo) |
| German | kikeriki |
| Greek (Modern) |
κικιρίκου (kikiriku) |
| Hebrew | (quuquuriqu) קוּקוּרִיקוּ |
| Hindi | ku-kudu-koo |
| Hungarian | kukurikú |
| Icelandic | gaggalagó |
| Indonesian | kukuruyuk |
| Irish | cuc-adiú-dil-ú, a cháich, éirigí éirigí |
| Italian | chicchirichi |
| Japanese | コケコッコー (kokekokkō) |
| Korean | 꼬꼬댁 꼬꼬 (kkokkodek kko), 꼬끼오 (kko-kki-o) |
| Latgalian | kikerigū, kikerigī, ko ko ko kō |
| Latin | cocococo |
| Latvian | kikerigū |
| Lithuanian | kakarykū, kakariekū |
| Macedonian | кукурику (kukuriku) |
| Malayalam | kokarakkoo |
| Marathi | कुकूच-कू (kukooch-koo!) |
| Nepali | kukhuri kaa |
| Norweigan | kykkeliky |
| Persian (Farsi) |
qūqūli qū-qū |
| Polish | kukuryku |
| Portuguese | cocorocó, cocoricó |
| Romanian | cucurigu |
| Russian | кукареку (ku-ka-re-ku) |
| Scottish Gaelic | gog-a-ghuidhe-ghaoidhe |
| Serbian | кукурику (kukuriku) |
| Sinhala | කුක්කු කූක් කූ (kuku kūk kuu) |
| Slovenian | kikiriki |
| Spanish | quiquiriquí, quiquiriquiquí, cocorocó |
| Sundanese | kongkorongok |
| Swedish | kuckeliku |
| Tagalog | tik-tilá-ok, ko-ko-ro-kok |
| Tamil | kokkara-ko-ko |
| Telugu | kokkaro-ko |
| Thai | เอ้กอี๊เอ้กเอ้ก (ek-i-ek-ek) |
| Turkish | ü-ürü-üüü |
| Ukrainian | koo-ku-ri-koo кукуріку |
| Vietnamese | ò ó o |
| Welsh | coc-a-dwdl-dŵ, go-go-go |
How to pronounce some of these words
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-linguistic_onomatopoeias#Animal_sounds
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