What sound does a crow make?
A crow says “caw”. That is the spelling. This is the recording.
Hear a real crow
The actual recording from Soundly
Why “caw” is not the whole answer
“Caw” is how English writes it down, and every language writes it differently — which tells you the spelling is about the language, not about the crow.
A small child learning the word does not need the spelling. They need the sound and the thing together, more than once, and looking slightly different each time — so that the word attaches to crows rather than to one picture of one crow. That is why Soundly holds five photographs and five recordings behind every one of its 72 subjects.
Crow in 19 languages
- Englishcrow
- NorskKråke
- SvenskaKråka
- DanskKrage
- SuomiVaris
- DeutschKrähe
- NederlandsKraai
- FrançaisCorbeau
- EspañolCuervo
- PortuguêsCorvo
- ItalianoCorvo
- PolskiWrona
- РусскийВорона
- TürkçeKarga
- 中文乌鸦
- 日本語からす
- 한국어까마귀
- IndonesiaGagak
- Tiếng ViệtQuạ