2006-09-29 04:46:48 · 9 answers · asked by aid 1 in Pets ➔ Dogs
Because in English, "woof" is the word they assigned to the sound a dog makes to communicate. Here is the name assigned to the sound dogs make in different languages:
Afrikaans: woef
Albanian: ham ham / hum hum
Arabic (Algeria): haw haw
Bengali: ghaue-ghaue
Catalan: bup, bup
Chinese (Mandarin): wang wang
Croatian: vau-vau
Danish: vov
Dutch: woef
English: bow wow, arf, woof, ruff ruff
English (Old English): Hund byrcð.
Esperanto: boj
Estonian: auh
Finnish: hau hau /vuh vuh
French: ouah ouah
German: wau wau, wuff wuff
Greek: gav
Hebrew: haw haw (/hav hav)
Hindi: bho:-bho:
Hungarian: vau-vau
Icelandic: voff
Indonesian: gonggong
Italian: bau bau
Japanese: wanwan, kyankyan
Korean: mung-mung (/wang-wang)
Norwegian: voff / vov-vov
Polish: hau hau
Portuguese (Portugal): au au au (nasal diphthong)
Portuguese (Brazil): au-au
Russian: gav-gav
Slovene: hov-hov
Spanish (Spain, Argentina): guau guau
Swedish: vov vov
Thai: hoang hoang (with falling tone)
Turkish: hav, hav
Ukrainian: haf-haf
Vietnamese: wau wau
2006-09-29 04:52:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because their vocal cords are different and are made as they ares in a dog and the sounds come out woof... instead of "I wanna go home"
2006-09-29 05:26:16 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably the same reason you talk instead of barking! It's the noise they make for vocalization.
2006-09-29 04:55:12 · answer #3 · answered by Baby'sMom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is the way their vocal coards are set up. I guess that is why we can speak and a cat geos mew not tweet.
2006-09-29 06:05:58 · answer #4 · answered by YaMa 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because that the way god wanted to be. Go ask him.
2006-09-29 05:15:06 · answer #5 · answered by Cares 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
y do humans speak not barK? lol dumb question
2006-09-29 04:54:12 · answer #6 · answered by fenwaynomar45 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they are NOT ducks or cats.....
2006-09-29 04:50:06 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
did you bump your head to hard? thanks for the points any way
2006-09-29 06:28:41 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2015-01-09 12:40:32 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋