Meow and Purr in Different Languages

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  • Meow

    Purr

    Afrikaans Mjaullin Purr
    Albanian Mjau Kerrmëz
    Amharic Meow T’inik’uk’i
    Arabic Mawa’ Kharkhara
    Azerbaijani Meow Purr
    Bangla Meow Purir
    Belarusian Miaŭ Varkatać
    Bengali Mi’u Garagara ā’ōẏāja
    Bosnian Mjau Purr
    Bulgarian Myaukane Mŭrkane
    Burmese Nyaung Purr
    Catalan Meu Purr
    Cebuano Meow Purr
    Chinese (simplified) Miāo Fāchū hóu yīn
    Chinese (traditional) Miāo Fāchū hóu yīn
    Corsican Meow Meow
    Croatian Mijau Presti
    Czech Mňoukat Předení
    Danish Meow Meow
    Dutch Mauw Spinnen
    Esperanto Miaŭ Purr
    Estonian Mjäu Purr
    Filipino Meow Purr
    Finnish Miau Kehrätä
    French Miaou Ronronner
    Galician Meow Purr
    German Miau Schnurren
    Greek Niáou Gourgoúrisma
    Gujarati Mē’ōva Pura
    Haitian Creole Meow Purr
    Hausa Meow Purr
    Hawaiian ʻO Meow Purr
    Hindi Miyaanu Myaoon
    Hmong Mauv Purr
    Hungarian Miaú Dorombolás
    Icelandic Mjá Purr
    Igbo Meow Purr
    Indonesian Meong Dengung
    Italian Miao Fusa
    Japanese Nyā
    Javanese Meong Purr
    Kannada Miyānv Purr
    Kazakh Mïyawlaw Purr
    Khmer Me​ v Purr
    Korean Yaong Puleuleu
    Kurdish Meow Purr
    Kyrgyz Myau Purr
    Lao Meow Purr
    Latin Meow Puer
    Latvian Mjau Purr
    Lithuanian Miau Purr
    Luxembourgish Meow Purr
    Macedonian Meow Purr
    Malay Meow Purr
    Malayalam Myāvu Purr
    Maltese Mjaw Purr
    Marathi Mēva Purāṇa
    Mongolian Khööye Purr
    Norwegian Mjau Purr
    Polish Miau Mruczeć
    Portuguese Miau Ronronar
    Romanian Miau Tors
    Russian Myau Murlykat’
    Serbian Mjau Purr
    Sinhala Miyāv Purr
    Slovak Mňau Pradenie
    Slovenian Mijav Malo
    Spanish Maullar Ronroneo
    Swahili Meow Purr
    Swedish Mjau Spinna
    Tajik Mijav Pur
    Tamil Miyāv Purr
    Telugu Mi’av Guraka
    Thai H̄emīyw S̄eīyng fī̂ xỳāng mæw
    Turkish Miyav mırlamak
    Ukranian Myau Purr
    Uzbec Myau Purr
    Vietnamese Meo Tiếng rít
    Welsh Miaw Canu grwndi
    Xhosa i-Meow Purr
    Yiddish Meov Purr

     

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    • Julia Wilson, 'Cat World' Founder

      Julia Wilson is the founder of Cat-World, and has researched and written over 1,000 articles about cats. She is a cat expert with over 20 years of experience writing about a wide range of cat topics, with a special interest in cat health, welfare and preventative care. Julia lives in Sydney with her family, four cats and two dogs. Full author bio