Why do animals make different sounds in different languages

Monday, January 11, 2016

Linguist Arika Okrent and illustrator Sean O'Neill (previously) explain why there are different words for the sounds animals make in different languages.
Shouldn't we use the same words for animal sounds, whatever the language? Here's why we don't.

Arika Okrent
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