Did you know that in German, a pig doesn’t say
oink
, it says
gruntz
, and when you sneeze in Japanese it’s
hakushon
, not
achoo
? With vibrant comics and fun facts,
Sounds All Around
will teach you interesting and funny onomatopoeias from all over the world!
Words that imitate sounds are known as
onomatopoeia
, and they are a wonderfully strange and interesting part of language. After all, we all hear the same sounds, but we interpret and write them differently in different languages.
is a fun and funny illustrated guide to how people say many of these sounds all around the globe. Inside you’ll learn what a cat sounds like in French, what a yawn sounds like in Norwegian, what a bell sounds like in Hindi, and much, much more!