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  • The "nyaw" is a good phonetic representation, but is expressed as niyao in the standard transliteration.

    VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VII No 3 1980

  • Croatian kukuriku mijau Dutch kukeleku miauw French cocorico miau German das Kikeriku das Miau Hungarian kukurikú nyavogas Indonesian kukurukuk ngéong Italian chicchirichi miagolio Japanese kokko-kooko nyaw Korean kkokyo meow Norwegian kykeliky mjaue Polish kukuryku miau Portuguese cocorocó miado Romanian cutcurigu mieunat Swedish kuckeliku jama Thai aek-ei-ek-ek miew Turkish kokoriko miyav Vietnamese cuc-cu-cu meo meo Eric Winters Marble Dale, Connecticut Odd Couples Here is a list of a few Latin-derived words with their counterparts-element for element-in Greek.

    VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VII No 1 1980

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