How language evolved and functions

Sound symbolic words ?

BIRDS
English chicken cock crow duck goose hen lark owl partridge pigeon rook sparrow turkey woodpecker - wasp
Albanian pulë këndes sorrë rosë patë klloçkë - herëkeqe fëllëzë - - - kapua deti - - -
Arabic farruj diik qaaq baTTa iwazza dajaaja - buum Hajal Hamaama - Cusfuur dajaaja hindiya - - zunbuur
Armenian - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Asturian pitín gallu cuervu coríu gansu pita rechárchara curuxa perdiz palombu garacha gurrión pavu picatueru - aviéspara
Basque oilasko oilar bele ahate antzara oilo pirripio ontza epher usakume belatz elizatxori indioilo okil - liztor
Berber akyaou afoullous - - - tafoulloust - - askkour - - - - - - warezzan
Bulgarian pile petel garga patka gyska kokoshka chuchullga buhal jarebitsa gylyb vrana vrabche pujak kylvach - osa
Burmese `sacεq cεqphá ċi`kan bèh - cεqmá bi`ion - - - - sakέle ceqshin - - nece
Cantonese gâi jái gûng gâi wû ngâ ngáap ngó gâi baak lìhng níuh mâau tàauh yîng je gû gáap baahk jéui ngâ màh jéuk fó gâi deuk mohk níuh - wòhn fûng
Catalan pollastre gall corb ànec oca gallina alosa mussol, perdiu colom graula pardal gall dindi picot - vespa
Chinese xiao3ji1 xiong2ji1 wu1ya1 ya1 e2 pin3ji1 bai3ling2niao3 xiao1 che4gu1 ge1 bai2zui3ya1 ma2qiao4 tu3shou4ji1 zhuo2mu4niao3 - huang2feng1
Czech kuře kohout vrána kachna husa slepice skřivan sova koroptev holub havran vrabec krocan datel - vosa
Danish kylling hane krage and gås høne lærke ugle agerhøne due råge spurv kalkun spætte - hveps
Dutch kuiken haan kraai eend gans kip leeuwerik uil patrijs duif roek mus kalkoen specht - wesp
Egyptian u - - aq sa - - m - - - - - - - -
Estonian tibu kukk care part hani kana lõoke bufnita põldpüü tuvi künnivares varblane kalkun rähn - herilane
Finnish kananpoikanen kukko varis ankka hanhi kana leivonen pöllö peltopyy kyyhkynen mustavaris varpunen kalkkuna tikka - ampiainen
French poulet coq corbeau canard oie poule alouette hibou perdrix pigeon corneille moineau dindon pic - guèpe
Gaelic isean coileach feannag tunnag gèadh cearc uiseag cailleach oidhche cearc-thomain calman ròcas gealbhonn turcaidh lasair-choille - connspeach
German küken hahn krähe ente gans henne lerche eule rebhuhn taube saatkrähe spatz truthahn specht - wespe
Gitano - gomarron cucurru papichore papin canai - - - - - - - - - -
Greek kotopoulo kokoras korakas papia khena kota korudalos koukouvaja perdika peristeri - spourgiti kourkos tsiklitara - sphika
Hausa kure - hankaka - - kaza - - - - - - - - - -
Hawaiian moa keiki moa kane - kaka nene moa vahine - puueo - nunu - manu-li'l'I - - - kopena
Hebrew efr'oakh tarnegol 'orev barvaz avvaz tarneg'olet 'efroni yanshouf hogla yona 'orev dror tarnegol hodou nakkar - tsra'a
Hindustani chuza murgh kauwa bat hans murghi chakawak ullu kabk - - - - - - -
Hungarian csirke kakas kalag kacsa qaz tyuk pacsirta bagoly fogoly galamb - veréb pulyka fakopáncs - darázs
Icelandic kjúklingur hani kráka önd gæs hæna ugla - akurhæna dúfa - starri kalkúni - - vespa
Irish eireog coileach préachán lacha cearc fuiseog ulchabhán patraisc colúr préachán dubh gealbhan turcaí snagaire darach - puch
Italian pollo gallo corvo anitra oca gallina allodola gufo pernice piccione cornacchia passero tacchino picchio - vespa
Japanese niwatori ondori karasu ahiru gacho mendori hibari fukuro kiji hato miyamagarasu suzume shichimencho kitsutsuki - suzumebachi
Keo manu manu dadu - - - - - po - kodo - - - - - -
Konni KpIaN kparaaN gIlINgaaN gbInyUaN - KpenIIN - kpitimiN - nINmarIN - gimiN torotoro - - vuunimvuuniN
Korean t'ak su-t'ak ga-ma-gwi o-ri ko-wi am-tak chong-dal-sae ol-bae-mi - pi-dul-gi - ch'am-sae ch'il-myon-jo dak-da-kuri - -
Latin pullus gallus cornix anas anser gallina alauda ulula perdrix columba - passer - picus - vespa
Latvian - - varna - zoss vista - - - - - - - dzenis - -
Lithuanian - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Lozi kaciocio mukwombe kukko linwalawa pato licikwi kuhu - sifi - nkwilimba - taha - ngongola - lilao
Malay ayam muda ayam gagak itek angsa ayam - hantu - merpati - pipit - belatok - penyengat
Mongolian takhia - - nugas galuu shuvuu - - - - - - - - - morin zoegii
Norwegian kylling hane kråke and gås høne lerke ugle rapphøne due kornkråke spurv kalkun hakkespett - veps
Pahlavi kark xrus warag - - kark cakok - kabk kabod - winjisk - - - wabz
Paiute - tsukuna kooma ada puhu nagudda tsukuna - moohoo'o - - - petseddu toke'e atzabana'a
Persian juje xorus kalaaq ?ordak qaaz morq chakaavak joqd kabk kabutar - gonjeshk buqalamun daarkub - zanbur
Polish kurczak kogut wrona kaczka ges kura slowik sowa przepiórka golab gawron jaskólka indyk dzieciol - osa
Portuguese frango galo corvo pato ganso galinha cotovia mocho perdiz pombo gralha pardal peru picapau - vespa
Romanian pui cocoş cioară rată gâscă găină ciocârlie potârniche - porumbel corb vrabie curcan ciocănitoare - viespe
Russian tsyplionok petukh vorona utka gus kuritsa zhavoronok sova kuropatka golub grach vorobei indiuk dyatel - osa
Samoan solipaepae toa - pato kusi moa - lulu - lupe - - pipi - - pi
SerboCroat pile kokot vrana patka guska kokoš ševa - - golub - vrabac puran - - osa
Spanish pollo gallo cuervo pato ganso gallina alondra buho perdiz paloma grajo gorrion pavo carpintero - avispa
Setswana kokwana mokoko legakabe pidipidi pidipidi koko - morubisi - lephoi - tswere kalakungwa mmadilepe - moruthwane
Swahili kifaranga jogoo kunguru bata bata bukini kuku ndege bundi - njiwa - - bata mzinga - - -
Swedish kyckling tupp kråka anka gås höna lärka uggla rapphöna duva råka sparv kalkon hackspett - geting
Tagalog manok lelaking manok bibe - - babaeng manok - kuwago - kalapati - - - - - laywan
Tamil kooZi-kuñcu ceeval kaakkaay vaattu - peTTay(k)-kooZi - aantay - puRaa - ciTTu(k)-kuruvi vaan-kooZi - - koLavi
Telegu kodipilla kodipunzu kaki batu peddabatu kodipetta bharata grudla kauzu pavuramu - pichchuka - - - kanduriga
Turkish piliç horoz karga ördek kaz tavuk tarla kusu puhu keklik güvercin ruh serçe hindi agaçkakan - esek arisi
Udihe n'au - g'ai gaja niu[ng]nai - - - aima kunti - zaetoeu - bofolo - afun'ai
Venda lukukwana mukukulume ulila lisekwa - khuhu - tsikwitha kwali liivha - vhunnzhaanzhaa - - - vhuvi
Welsh - ceiliog bran hwyaden gwydd - - dyllhuan petrysen colomen ydfran aderyn - - - cacynen
Yoruba - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - agbon
Zulu itshwele ighude igwababa idada ihansi isikhukhukazi - isikhova ithendele ijuba - - ikalikuni isiqophamuthi -

Last Updated on 13/11/00
By Robin Allott