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How the fuck did Japanese come to the conclusion that cats say Nya instead of meow. Every fucking language has cats say meow except Japan. Do they have collective auditory down's syndrome or something?

>> No.2857914

in spanish they say miau

>> No.2857913

They're not that different if you think about it

>> No.2857922

>>2857914

Sounds pretty much the same as meow.

>> No.2857921

MIAOU

>> No.2857933

Seacats say "nya"

>> No.2857938

>>2857905
Meow is not an accurate onomatopoeia either.

>> No.2857940

Actually cats say neither "m" nor "n".

>> No.2857941

>>2857913
Yeah, if you slur the meow like cats do it sounds just like nyaa.

>> No.2857942

>Every fucking language has cats say meow
No.

>> No.2857954

HAHA at OP.

also i thought they thought it was mmmrrow

>> No.2857983

Its the same with a dogs bark.
Bow wow, woof or vov. non of them sound like a dogs bark. Same thing with cats, I guess.

>> No.2857995

mugi is da most moe in this picture

>> No.2858008

Cats' vocal cords are different from humans'. No natural languages are built around the sounds cats make.

>> No.2858569

Los gatos dicen Miau, tarados !!

>> No.2858584

>Every fucking language has cats say meow
Wrong. I remember a thread about this in /lang/ a few months ago.

>> No.2858595

>>2857914
"Miau" is the Spanish pronunciation for "Meow".

Nyau would be accurate. They probably dropped the "u".

>> No.2858630

Are you all retarded? They're speaking Japanese.

>> No.2858638

>>2858630
Japanese cat speaking Japanese?

>> No.2858644
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>>2858630
This is true. My friend had a bilingual cat that could say both "meow" and "nya."

He was a pretty clever kitty. He knew some Chinese, too, but he wasn't very fluent.

>> No.2858671

my cat can play touhou

EDIT: how cute he just disconnected my router

>> No.2858673

>>2858644
Proof positive that Chinese is a worthless, mangy language spoken by inferior mammals.

>> No.2858696

>>2858644
nyan nyan ni hao nyan?

>> No.2858697

My koneko doesn't meow or nya at all. She just purrs when you pet her. Or when she gets hungry she hits me until I feed her.

>> No.2858719

>>2858696
Chinese cat meows 咪 "mii~". No kidding. And we call them 猫 mao.

>> No.2858724

>>2857905
those crazy japs have a "sound" for silence

>> No.2858729

>>2858724

They also Jii~ to stare at people. Who the fuck says Jiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii whenever they stare at something?

>> No.2858734

Google gave me this
http://www.catsblog.org/2008/05/what-do-cats-say-in-different-languages/

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>>2857905
Chairman Meow demands and explanation for this bullshit!

>> No.2858743

I remember having a friend from France and he said that there they have the chickens saying "Cocorico", and I was just like "no fucking way."

There are a lot of differences in these things, and part of the issue is the fact that people are biased to hear what they believe they should be hearing.

>> No.2858749

>>2858734
>Indonesian: ngeong
What kind of fucking cats do they have in Indonesia?

>> No.2858767

>>2858743
My language has something similar to that. I'm pretty sure "Cocorico" is used by cocks/roosters and not by chickens/hens.

>> No.2858773

>>2858673
>Proof positive that Chinese is a worthless, mangy language spoken by inferior mammals

Also, Ixrec agreed. Don't bother him about it.

>> No.2858775

MYAU

>> No.2858778

>>2858767
And your language is? Malaysian? Phillipino?

Must be somewhere culturally close.

>> No.2858783

>>2858749
Cats with six mouths that can end the world with their songs, obviously.

>> No.2858792

>>2858743
>>2858767
Russia has Kukareku for cocks/roosters and cocococco for chickens/hens

>> No.2858801

>>2858767
Cocorico sounds about as close to the sounds roosters make as "Cockadoodledoo."

>> No.2858804

>>2858792
Swedish has kuckeliku for roosters, almost a bit similar.

>> No.2858826

We Hmong have Keoukero for roosters.

>> No.2858855

Dutch has:
- "miauw" for cats
- "woef" for dogs
- "tok tok" for chickens, sometimes "kot kot kedeik"
- "koekeloerekoe" for roosters

>> No.2858865

>>2858778
My language is a finno-ugric one, so I'm pretty sure there is no cultural relation. Though we adopted a lot of loan words from the western countries in the past centuries, mainly from the germans.

Btw, my grandfather uses "nyau".

>> No.2858867

>>2858801
Holy shit, it just dawned on me.

Kakariko Village.

Because they farm chickens there.

>> No.2858891

>>2858867

Mind = blown

>> No.2858890

cats say raor

sex kittens say nya

>> No.2858900

My cat makes more of a miii sound. Or hisses when she gets pissed.

>> No.2858949

Most amusing topic of /jp/ this week.

>> No.2858954

>>2858855

Kukeleku?

>> No.2858966

>>2858954
That works as well.

>> No.2858969

Makes no fucking sense, Japanese sound symbolism is fucked up.

>> No.2858983

>>2858969

Wanna know what else is fucked up?
*Grabs dick*

>> No.2859114
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>>2858983
Motherfuck, my dick! I counter with this!

>> No.2859135

my cat makes this MRIAURARAU noise is this normal

>> No.2859136

Phonetics, my friend.

>> No.2859153

my cats say mjá mjá

>> No.2859170

my cats say 'suck my dickkk'

>> No.2859196

my cat says "ming ming ming"

>> No.2859215

Well pigs go "boo boo" and dogs go "wan wan" in Japan. Its not only limited to cats.

Its called phonetics buddy.

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