What sound does a sheep make?
A sheep says “baa”. That is the spelling. This is the recording.
Hear a real sheep
The actual recording from Soundly
Why “baa” is not the whole answer
“Baa” is how English writes it down, and every language writes it differently — which tells you the spelling is about the language, not about the sheep.
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 sheeps rather than to one picture of one sheep. That is why Soundly holds five photographs and five recordings behind every one of its 72 subjects.
Sheep in 19 languages
- Englishsheep
- NorskSau
- SvenskaFår
- DanskFår
- SuomiLammas
- DeutschSchaf
- NederlandsSchaap
- FrançaisMouton
- EspañolOveja
- PortuguêsOvelha
- ItalianoPecora
- PolskiOwca
- РусскийОвца
- TürkçeKoyun
- 中文绵羊
- 日本語ひつじ
- 한국어양
- IndonesiaDomba
- Tiếng ViệtCừu