<p>Although both Pakkun and Akamaru are considered <a href="https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Ninken" rel="noreferrer">ninken</a> (dogs with heightened senses and abilities, and as such, working alongside shinobis), the only difference between them is Pakkun is actually a Summon (much like sage toads). Summons are basically supernatural animal spirits and they take on anthropomorphic qualities  like talking, using weapons, wearing clothes etc. Akamaru is basically a highly trained dog that can use ninjutsu.</p>
<p>Atleast, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xDUwYbVYwQ" rel="noreferrer">Akamaru tried talking.</a></p>

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Fumikage Tokoyami
<p>How come Pakkun can talk to Kakashi when summoned (in fact almost all summoned toads can talk), but Akamaru, who was brought up by Kiba since he was a pup, cannot speak?</p>

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Strongly related (duplicate?): https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/7372/are-all-animals-called-by-summoning-jutsu-able-to-speak
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Why can't Akamaru talk like Pakkun?
# Why can't Akamaru talk like Pakkun?
Posted by: username_0 on 2021-12-31
How come Pakkun can talk to Kakashi when summoned (in fact almost all summoned toads can talk), but Akamaru, who was brought up by Kiba since he was a pup, cannot speak?
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> **username_1**: Strongly related (duplicate?): https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/7372/are-all-animals-called-by-summoning-jutsu-able-to-speak  
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### Answer by username_1 on 2021-12-31. Score: 5 | Accepted answer
Although both Pakkun and Akamaru are considered [ninken](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Ninken) (dogs with heightened senses and abilities, and as such, working alongside shinobis), the only difference between them is Pakkun is actually a Summon (much like sage toads). Summons are basically supernatural animal spirits and they take on anthropomorphic qualities like talking, using weapons, wearing clothes etc. Akamaru is basically a highly trained dog that can use ninjutsu.

Atleast, [Akamaru tried talking.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xDUwYbVYwQ)
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