Monday 14 April 2014

The Tower of Barkel

With our infinite arrogance and pride, humankind has always been a boon companion of folly. Recall, if you will, the story of The Tower of Babel. A monument reaching towards the very heavens; designed to rival the work of the Creator itself. In its righteous and divine fury God cast down the tower, scattered humanity to the four winds and deigned that forever more we speak in tongues foreign to each other. What the story neglects to mention however is that it was not only humans that dared defy God's will. It is this tale that I tell you now.

With God's attention diverted by our trespasses it was the turn of the dogs to play their hand.















For reasons unknown our canine brothers constructed their own tower. It was with their labours finished and their mysterious aim in sight that God came upon their treacherous actions.

















So too was it that dogkind was flung to the far corners of the world and afflicted with different languages. Never again will two fellows be able to share stories of exhilarating chases, strange smells or tasty bones.

Through thorough research (this page of wikipedia) I hope to bring back together our dog comrades who for so long have been separated by the actions of their ancestors. I present to you, The Rosetta Bone.

English - woof woof; ruff ruff; arf arf; yap yap; yip yip; bow wow
Afrikaans - blaf blaf; woef woef; keff keff
Albanian - ham ham
Arabic - hau hau; how how
Armenian -haf haf
Basque - au au; txau txau; zaunk zaunk; jau jau
Balinese - kong, kong
Belgium- woef, woef; blaf, blaf; waf, waf; Keff, keff; Wuff, Wuff
Bengali - gheu, gheu; bhao, bhao
Bulgarian - bau-bau; jaff, jaff
Burmese - woke, woke
Catalan - bau, bau; bub, bub
Chinese, Cantonese - wong, wong
Chinese, Mandarin - wang, wang
Croatian - vau, vau
Czech - haf, haf; štěk
Danish - vov, vuf
Dutch - blaf, blaf; kef, kef; waf, waf; woef, woef
Esperanto - boj, boj
Estonian - auh, auh
Finnish - hau, hau; vuh, vuh; rauf, rauf
French - waouh, waouh; ouah, ouah; ouaf, ouaf; vaf, vaf; wouf, wouf; wouaf, wouaf; jappe jappe
German - wuff, wuff; wau, wau;
Greek - ghav, ghav
Hebrew - hav, hav; hau, hau
Hindi - bho.n, bho.n
Hungarian - vau, vau
Icelandic - voff, voff
Indonesian - guk, guk
Irish - amh, amh
Italian - bau, bau
Japanese - wan-wan]
Korean - meong, meong
Kurdish - hau hau
Latvian - vau, vau
Lithuanian - au, au
Macedonian - av, av
Malay - gong, gong
Marathi - bhu, bhu
Norwegian - voff, voff or boff
Persian - haap, haap
Philippines - Aw Aw, Aw
Polish - hau, hau
Portuguese - au, au; ão-ão; béu-béu; cain-cain
Romanian - ham, ham; hau, hau
Russian - gav, gav; tyav, tyav
Serbian - av, av
Sinhala - buh, buh
Slovak - haf, haf; hau, hau
Slovene - hov, hov
Spanish - guau-guau; gua, gua; jau, jau
Swedish - voff, voff; vov, vov; bjäbb, bjäbb
Tagalog - aw, aw; baw, baw
Tamil - wal wal; lol lol ;wow wow
Thai - hôŋhôŋ; บ๊อก บ๊อก (pronounced [bɔ́kbɔ́k])
Turkish - hev hev; hav, hav
Ukrainian - гав, гав; дзяв, дзяв
Urdu - bow bow
Vietnamese - gâu gâu; ẳng ẳng
Welsh - wff, wff

Full credit to the lovely folks at wikipedia for compiling this wonderful list.

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