Comments on: Searching for a book giving animal names in multiple languages

Question: Searching for a book giving animal names in multiple languages

leesh — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 11:12:50 -0800

This is a little esoteric (or silly), but does anyone know of a book that gives the words for various animals in multiple languages?

I came across a Romanian encyclopedia recently and really enjoyed the illustrated plates showing different families of animals and their names. I was wondering if there was a book that had something similar for more than one language. I've tried searching for language books aimed at kids, but haven't had luck finding one with lots of languages. Has anyone seen something like this?

By: sephira

sephira — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 11:37:13 -0800

How's this? Looks like it covers a number of different languages.

By: sephira

sephira — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 11:38:28 -0800

Okay no, this looks more like what you're looking for.

By: jrossi4r

jrossi4r — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 11:39:00 -0800

I don't have a book recommendation, but you might find bzzzpeek interesting.

By: leesh

leesh — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 11:44:54 -0800

Those are all really cool, but I'm looking for the names of the animals (i.e., how do you say "pig" in various languages?), not the different noises they make. Still, it's a start, so thank you!

By: beerbajay

beerbajay — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 12:40:06 -0800

I use wikipedia for just this purpose. It's not exactly kid-friendly, but it does have a large number of animals (and other things, of course) in many languages, all conveniently linked from the "in other languages" box in the bottom left of the page.

By: Wolfdog

Wolfdog — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 12:40:38 -0800

23 species in French, German, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish: Where's the Bear?

By: leesh

leesh — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 12:55:17 -0800

I never thought to use wikipedia! Now I know that in Polish, a raccoon is a Szop. Thanks, beerbajay!

And thanks for the book suggestion, Wolfdog--that's exactly the sort of thing I'm looking for.

By: languagehat

languagehat — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 15:34:26 -0800

Animal names in various languages.

Not many animals, but fun.

Also: Bird names.