Are There Different Dog Languages?

I have wondered if there are different dog languages similar to there being different languages for humans. 

There have been more than one occasion when a dog is barking at or near my dog when I walk her and there is either no reaction or she looks at me like what is that others dog saying. Then there are other dogs that my dog understands and she will have what appears to be a running conversation. 

What you smoking tonight?

Nothing. Just have been hanging out with my dog a bunch lately and observing. 

If the neighbours dog is howling our husky cross will join in. She ignores the coyotes though. If she hears a wolf howl then she’ll listen but won’t respond. Our Border Collie ignores everything and just stares down a tennis ball.

Three languages?

1 - "Is that food?"

2 - "OMG! It IS food!"

3 - "Do you have any more food?"

Dog and animal languages seem to be a bit like Chinese.  There are not a lot of words in Chinese. Each word has a lot of potential meanings, so inflection and context are very important.  Even in English you can put a big twist on the same word based on how you say it.

Prof. Schwartzman has concluded, no, there is only a universal canine language. 

I had one dog that just loved to talk to the neighbors, all night long.  She was like "I have a big yard and a house and two other dogs and...."  She'd pause, some dog that had to be 200 yards away would reply, she pick it up again. 

My current dog, Bubba, doesn't do the dog talk thing.  He just doesn't care, unless some other dog is in his yard, then he'll tell them to buzz off.  As far as people talk goes, he understand Dutch much better than English.  He doesn't speak it very well, though.

Ollie seems to listen but rarely answers. He does occasionally howl at the local coyotes and the owl that’s been out here the past week. 

I like dog (and cat) posts, and I like this one. We once tried to teach "Roger," our mongrel mutt, who was extremely lovable, a knucklehead, as well as extremely protective of his family, to say "I want it" when we offered him a treat. We made complete fools of ourselves trying, yet we convinced ourselves that, like dolphins, Roger was able to communicate with humans ... or at least with us. As far as separate languages among different breeds, I have no idea. But it's fun to contemplate.