Frontmatter -- Purpose and Aim of the Series -- Preface and acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of contributors -- 1 Introduction: Why onomatopoeia? -- 2 Questionnaire -- I Onomatopoeia in Africa -- 3 Alagwa -- 4 Burunge -- 5 Hausa -- 6 Iraqw -- 7 Kambaata -- 8 Moroccan Arabic -- 9 Babanki -- 10 Dza -- 11 Ewe -- 12 Igbo -- 13 Kinyarwanda -- 14 Nyakyusa -- 15 Tswana -- 16 Zulu -- 17 Glui -- 18 Ts'ixa -- 19 Guébie -- 20 Beria -- II Onomatopoeia in Australia -- 21 Anindilyakwa -- 22 Kunbarlang -- 23 Kriol -- 24 Kaurna -- 25 Ngarla -- III Onomatopoeia in Euroasia -- 26 Circassian -- 27 Hebrew -- 28 Vietnamese -- 29 Telugu -- 30 Kalaallisut -- 31 Albanian -- 32 Armenian -- 33 Bengali -- 34 English -- 35 Greek -- 36 Irish -- 37 Lithuanian -- 38 Persian -- 39 Slovak -- 40 Spanish -- 41 Basque -- 42 Nivkh -- 43 Japanese -- 44 Georgian -- 45 Korean -- 46 Mongolian -- 47 Mandarin Chinese -- 48 Tibetan -- 49 Wutun -- 50 Sibe -- 51 Udihe -- 52 Sakha -- 53 Tatar -- 54 Hungarian -- 55 Ket -- IV Onomatopoeia in North America -- 56 Arapaho -- 57 Passamaquoddy-Maliseet -- 58 Kwadacha Tsek'ene -- 59 Upper Tanana Dene -- 60 Inuktitut -- 61 Cabécar -- 62 Seri -- 63 Mixean -- 64 Choctaw -- 65 Lillooet -- V Onomatopoeia in Papunesia -- 66 Kotos Amarasi -- 67 Northern Amis -- 68 Cebuano -- 69 Fakamae -- 70 Indonesian -- 71 Javanese -- 72 Kubu -- 73 Lele -- 74 Nafe -- 75 Pagu -- 76 Puyuma -- 77 Tondano and Tombulu -- 78 Eibela -- 79 Nungon -- 80 Abui -- VI Onomatopoeia in South America -- 81 Baure -- 82 Qom -- 83 Kwaza -- 84 Warao -- 85 Wichi -- 86 Nadëb -- 87 Marubo -- 88 Pastaza Kichwa -- 89 Paraguayan Guarani -- 90 Ayoreo -- 91 Typological overview -- Author index -- Language index