How to write the calls made by some owls in different languages.
| Language | Sounds |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | hoe-hoe |
| Albanian | ku-ku |
| Armenian | պու պու (boo boo) |
| Basque | kukurruku |
| Bengali | huup huup |
| Bulgarian | бууу (buuu) |
| Catalan | xut |
| Croatian | hu hu |
| Czech | hůůů |
| Dutch | oehoe |
| English | hoo hoo, twit twoo, toowit toowoo |
| Estonian | uhuu |
| Finnish | huhuu |
| French | ouh ouh |
| German | hu hu |
| Hebrew | (hu-huuu) הוּ־הוווּ |
| Hungarian | hú hú |
| Indonesian | kuk-kuk |
| Italian | huu huu |
| Japanese | ホウホウ (hō hō) |
| Latvian | u-hū |
| Polish | hu-huuu |
| Portuguese | u-huu |
| Romanian | hu-huuu |
| Russian | угу (ugu), уху (ukhu) |
| Spanish | uh, uh |
| Swedish | ho-hoo |
| Turkish | gu guk guuk |
| Welsh | coc-a-dwdl-dŵ, go-go-go |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-linguistic_onomatopoeias#Animal_sounds
Words for owl in different languages
https://www.indifferentlanguages.com/words/owl
Indentifying owls by their calls
https://www.audubon.org/news/learn-identify-five-owls-their-calls
https://www.owlpages.com/owls/sounds.php
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