tho imo, if I look at local comics in estonia, it seems artists don't use these as much unless they have more western influences - onomatopoeia itself as a word seems so foreign, I find people just mix them up with the meaning of sound effect or "extra effects" bc they're not used much

but it's fun seeing when ppl do, because they translate or transliterate the sound into estonian, so it makes the onomatopoeia used feel special and specific. I can read an estonian comic and actually imagine/hear the sounds.