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brackets and capitals I added corresponding verbs and nouns in Russian.</span></font></p>

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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> Fritz Goerling
[mailto:Fritz_Goerling@sil.org] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> </span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Sunday, May 23,
 2004</span></font><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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 style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>6:03 AM</span></font><font size=2
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b>
lexicographylist@yahoogroups.com<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: [Lexicog] sounds
animals make</span></font></p>

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  style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>W</span></font><font color=blue
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</span></font><font color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;
color:blue'>The words I inserted in caps show how close English and German are.</span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>Some languages, like English, have an extensive
lexicon for characteristic</span></font></tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">sounds made by different animals, e.g.</font></tt><br>
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<tt><font face="Courier New">neigh, whinny</font></tt></span></font><tt><font
size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:blue'>  (WIEHERN) </span></font></tt><tt><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>, snort</span></font></tt><tt><font
size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:blue'>  (SCHNAUBEN) </span></font></tt><tt><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> : horse</span></font></tt><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br>
<font color=navy><span style='color:navy'>                                    Rus.
</span></font></span></font><tt><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>{RZhAT’}</span></font></tt></p>

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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></tt></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>bark, growl: dog<font color=navy><span
style='color:navy'> </span></font></span></font></tt><tt><font size=2
color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:blue'>{LAYAT’, LAY}</span></font></tt></p>

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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">howl</font></tt></span></font><tt><font size=2
color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:blue'>  (HEULEN) </span></font></tt><tt><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>: dog, coyote, wolf<font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'> </span></font></span></font></tt><tt><font
size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:blue'>{VYT’, VOY}</span></font></tt></p>

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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">grunt</font></tt></span></font><tt><font size=2
color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:blue'>  (GRUNZEN) </span></font></tt><tt><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>, snort: hog/pig<font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'>  </span></font></span></font></tt><tt><font
size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:blue'>{KHRIUKAT’ }</span></font></tt></p>

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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">chirp</font></tt></span></font><tt><font size=2
color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:blue'>  (ZIRPEN) </span></font></tt><tt><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>/sing</span></font></tt><tt><font
size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:blue'>  (SINGEN) </span></font></tt><tt><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>: bird<font color=navy><span
style='color:navy'> </span></font></span></font></tt><tt><font size=2
color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:blue'>{CHIRIKAT’, PET’}</span></font></tt></p>

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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">meow</font></tt></span></font><tt><font size=2
color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:blue'>  (MIAUEN) </span></font></tt><tt><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>: cat<font color=navy><span
style='color:navy'> </span></font></span></font></tt><tt><font size=2
color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:blue'>{MIAUKAT’}</span></font></tt></p>

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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">cackle</font></tt></span></font><tt><font size=2
color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:blue'>  (GACKERN) </span></font></tt><tt><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>: chicken<font color=navy><span
style='color:navy'> </span></font></span></font></tt><tt><font size=2
color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:blue'>{KUDAKHTAT’; KUDAKHTAN’E}</span></font></tt></p>

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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">crow</font></tt></span></font><tt><font size=2
color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:blue'>  (KRÄHEN) </span></font></tt><tt><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>: rooster<font color=navy><span
style='color:navy'> </span></font></span></font></tt><tt><font size=2
color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:blue'>{KUKUREKAT’; KUKUREKU}</span></font></tt></p>

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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">laugh</font></tt></span></font><tt><font size=2
color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:blue'>  (LACHEN) </span></font></tt><tt><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>: hyena<font color=navy><span
style='color:navy'> </span></font></span></font></tt><tt><font size=2
color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:blue'>{SMEIAT’SIA}</span></font></tt></p>

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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">low: cow<font color=navy><span style='color:navy'>
</span></font></font></tt></span></font><tt><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>{MYCHAT’; MYCHANIE;
MU}</span></font></tt></p>

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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">gobble: turkey<font color=navy><span
style='color:navy'> </span></font></font></tt></span></font><tt><font size=2
color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:blue'>{???}</span></font></tt></p>

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face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:navy'> </span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>quack: duck<font color=navy><span style='color:navy'> </span></font></span></font></tt><tt><font
size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:blue'>{KRIAKAT’}</span></font></tt></p>

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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">honk: goose<font color=navy><span
style='color:navy'> </span></font></font></tt></span></font><tt><font size=2
color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:blue'>{only paraphrastic KRICHAT’ (shout); IZDAVAT’ ZVUKI (utter
sounds}; but the swan POIOT (SINGS) (at least once in his life)</span></font></tt></p>

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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br>
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<tt><font face="Courier New">Other languages, such as </font></tt></span></font><tt><font
  size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Cheyenne</span></font></tt><tt><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>, have very few words
for the sounds made</span></font></tt><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">by specific animals. I only know of the word
emaa'e 'he is barking' used of</font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">a dog, for Cheyenne. Otherwise, other sounds of animals
are covered by the</font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">generic word enestoohe "he is making the
sound."</font></tt><br>
<br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">How about for one or more languages you have
researched? How extensive is</font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">the vocabulary for characteristic sounds made by
different animals? At this</font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">point, I'm not asking for the onomatopoeic words
mimicking the sounds made</font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">by animals (e.g. English woof woof, cockle doodle
doo) but that would be</font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">another interesting collection.</font></tt><br>
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<tt><font face="Courier New">Wayne</font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">-----</font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">Wayne Leman</font></tt><br>
<tt><font face="Courier New">Cheyenne website: <a
href="http://www.geocities.com/cheyenne_language">http://www.geocities.com/cheyenne_language</a></font></tt></span></font></p>

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