Animal Noises In Different Languages (in progress)

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In Japan do dogs go "woof" and do French ducks go "le quack"???


I'm researching what words are used in different languages to represent the noises that animals make. I want global equivalents of "Baaa", "Woof", "Miaiow", "Oink", "Quack" etc.

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