What language does your cat speak?

[TheAntiPam]

I found this list at http://www.georgetown.edu/cball/animals/cat.html

MEOW

Afrikaans: miaau
Albanian: mjau
Arabic (Algeria): miaou miaou
Bengali: meu-meu
Catalan: meu, meu
Chinese (Mandarin): miao miao
Croatian: mijau
Danish: mjav
Dutch: miauw
English: meow
Esperanto: miaw
Estonian: näu
Finnish: miau, kurnau
French: miaou
German: miau
Greek: niaou
Hebrew: miyau
Hindi: mya:u, mya:u:
Hungarian: miau
Icelandic: mjá
Indonesian: ngeong
Italian: miao
Japanese: nyaa
Korean: (n)ya-ong
Norwegian: mjau
Polish: miau
Portuguese: miau
Russian: myau
Slovene: mijau
Spanish (Spain, Argentina): miau
Swedish: mjau
Thai: meow meow (with high tone)
Turkish: miyauv, miyauv
Ukrainian: myau
Vietnamese: meo-meo

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I think we had a thread about this topic a while back - hope this isn't a repeat!

[All Creatures Great And Small]

I'm pretty sure my kitty has made ALL these sounds just in the past few days........ He's a compulsive talker and apparently fluent in many languages too! Indonesian: ngeong = a meow while licking his chops..... Korean: (n)ya-ong = a meow ended by a yawn.......... Thai: meow meow (with high tone) = just saw a bird or squirrel outside the window......

Great list !! And you are right , my kitties say "miauw" , which is Dutch !!!

they also speak an unknown language (not on list ) ; sounds like :"MAW ? MAW?" it means : "whats up ?" or "Can I get some food mommy ?" Good that i am multi-lingual ...

[Barbara]

Yeah, mine say it in German. But they know the Icelandic too

[Vio&Juni]

Juni says it most of the time in Romanian - miau, spelled like German (I guess, she would enjoy a talk with Tigris and Filou if their German and Romanian sound the same).
But, as I said before, I am a translator and I speak with her in Romanian, Russian and English, some French from time to time and I like to call her Katze, like in German. OF COURSE, she understands everything, 'cause she answers back
She must know some Japanese too, but it's not from me. She's getting along very well with Pikachiu as you can see

[Barbara]

Oh Juni Katze, what a nice pic of you!

[All Creatures Great And Small]

Ha - I LOVE the picture of Juni "kicking Pickachiu's butt"! And look at her ears in the battle position - she's taking no prisoners! Her color is so pretty; I like the gold undertones.

[Vio&Juni]

See how she "kicks Doggy's but"

Yes, she is beautiful (is there a law forbidding to brag?)

[Barbara]

It's no bragging -it's the pure objective truth!

[Vio&Juni]

[Maya & Inka's mommy]

This was a great thread!
I'd like to add Zazou's Flemish way of asking attention:

Flemish: Auw!!!

[catmandu]

My Found Felines say MEEEOOOW but I think that its short for FEEDMENOW!!
and I am misinterpreting!
The fact that their food bowls are empty should have given me a clue!!!

[Freedom]

My Sparkle says: Ne-OW? When she is hungry and wants me to put food in her dish! LOL, "will you do it NOW mom?" Not yet, Sparkle. (pause) Ne-OW? "Sparkle, hush, I'm busy on the phone!" (pause) Ne-OW? Okay, OK!!!