Quacking Up

Quacking Up!
Here are how ducks all over the world quack. It is interesting to me how different many of them are… why do you think that is? (Sounds are transliterated English equivalents)

Country	Sound
Chinese	Gua Gua
Danish	Rap Rap
Dutch	Kwak Kwak
Finnish	Kyak
French	Coin Coin
German	Quack Quack
Greek	Pa-Pa-Pa
Hebrew	Quak Quak
Hungarian	Hap- Hap
Italian	Qua Qua
Japanese	Ga Ga
Russian	Krya Krya
Spanish	Cua Cua
Swedish	Kvac-Kvac
Turkish	Vak Vak
Urdu	Quak Quak

So, Peep Peep’s friend Gua Gua translated to English is actually Quack Quack… but Peep Peep doesn’t care*. It is interesting to note that Peep Peep in Turkish would be jiyk jiyk. How is that? I can’t even pronounce that! It must be tough to be a bird in Turkey…. Wait! Turkey is a bird—A Turkish Turkey would go “glu glu”.
For a rather comprehensive list of transliterated animal sounds check out Derek Abbott’s Animal Noise Page.
Clilck here to learn more about Gua Gua in “Peep Peep Finds a Friend”