What does a dog's bark sound like? Ask someone this question and the answer would depend on what language that person speaks. To an English speaker it may be woof woof or ruff ruff, while a Japanese speaker would say it's wan wan, while to an Indian it sounds like bhow bhow, even if it's the same dog. Kitang mga bisaya, Aw..Aw..Aw..
Sounds we hear conform to the aural palate we are familiar with. Onomatopoeic words are those that are formed by the imitation of sounds they describe. There are words coined to describe sounds, words such as beep, honk, and boom. There are animals named after their calls, such as cuckoo and gecko.