Tongue twisters

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A tongue twister is a sentence or a phrase that is difficult to pronounce, making it challenging - or making it a challenge - to pronounce it quickly and accurately.

On the other hand, word avalanches are sentences or phrases that have repetitions of homophonic syllables. They may have the appearance of tongue twisters, but tend to be easy to pronounce. Since word avalanches and tongue twisters can be hard to distinguish, and because what makes a tongue twister hard to pronounce or word avalanches easy to pronounce is subjetive, both may be included in this article.

sentence	discoverer(s)	examples
kala li kama kamalawala ala la kala li kama lawa tawa ma kala li ken kalama tawa kala lawa	kala pona Tonyu	spoken by jan Lakuse
pilin wawa la, lawa wawa mi li kama wawa	ijo Kalita	spoken by jan Juso
sina tawa ala tawa wawa tawa mama ona pi pana pan	ijo Kalita	spoken by jan Juso
lipu lili li epiku. lipu ku li lili. lipu pu li lili lili li epiku la pu li lili tawa ku	ijo Kalita	spoken by jan Juso
waso li laso lili la waso laso lili li lili laso. taso, waso laso ala li laso lili ala.	asali	spoken by asali, spoken by jan Ke Tami
pilin pi pipi kili li lili li lipu pu ala la kon o lon o ko lon tomo o jo e selo jelo telo.	jan Ke Tami	spoken by jan Ke Tami, spoken by jan Kita
(kalama nimi pi toki pona)	soweli nata	kalama nimi pi toki pona, sung by kala Asi
mani ma ni la lipu li pu	u/copenhagen
nimi ni mi li ni li mi li nimi mi ni kin	Stephen Waldron
soweli lili li lili tawa ala	[1]
kili lili li lili lili li linja	jan Kasa
ma mama mi li lili lili	u/marcusbarkus
lon ona li lon ona la ona li lon a	u/marcusbarkus
soweli sewi seli li suwi suli	u/CrackCrackGo
kalama pi kala ma li kama la mi alasa	u/Hungry-Pie
pipi pi ma mama li lili	jan Antu
soweli suli sewi suwi li seli suli	u/Ephraim_Bane
o suwi e sike suno sin sina!	jan Poli
ma kala la kala ma li kama kalama kala.	[2]
kili lili li lili ala la lawa wawa li lili	u/SmolCrane
kili lili li lili lili	jan Ontoli
ilo seli jelo li jo e sijelo loje la selo loje li ijo loje jelo.	jan Pensa
selo sijelo mi li jelo	u/wasolili
selo sijelo mi li jelo	u/wasolili
linja len li lili la lawa li lete	u/wasolili
jan wawa wan li wan e jan	u/wasolili
ma kala la kala ma li kama kalama kala.	[3]
kili ike li lili sama kalama kala lawa.	len noka
mi tawa sike e kasi kipisi pi pipi pimeja tan mulapisu pi pilin pini	@tzkbb
kala li kalama la ma kala li kama! kala ma li kama la ma kala li kama ala! ma kala li kalama la kala ma li kala ala! kala li kama kala ma la ma kala li ma ala!	jan Mali/jan Minasa	spoken by jan Ke Tami
kulupu suli li seli soweli. soweli ni li kama moku. moku lili li tan kasi la, moku ni li kili. moku soko li ike la, soko li pini. soko li tawa kijetesantakalu	ijo Kalita
ilo oko laso li lon. oko mi li laso kin. oko (lukin) mi taso li meso taso la, tan ilo oko la, oko (lukin) mi o pona. lon tenpo ni la mi ken ala ken oko (lukin) pona tawa leko lon noka	ijo Kalita
pilin mi li ni: kili lili ni li sin lili li lili kin.	jan Tomen
pilin mi li ni: kili lili ni li sin lili li lili kin. pipi pi sinpin mi li lili kin. nimi pi pipi pi sinpin mi li nimi lili li nimi "Pi". pipi "Pi" ni pi sinpin mi li pini kin e kili lili pi sin lili ni.	jan Tomen
pipi pi pilin pini ni li pipi pini	jan Kona
kili lili ni li sin lili li lili kin. nimi pi kili lili pi sin lili li nimi "Lisi". pipi pi sinpin mi li lili kin. nimi pi pipi pi sinpin mi li nimi "Pi". pipi "Pi" lili ni pi sinpin mi li pini pilin e kili lili "Lisi" ni pi sin lili.	jan Tomen
wawa lawa la lawa wawa li wawa tawa lawa	jan Tomen
kalama kala la, kala ma ali li kama lon ma kala kalama li kalama ala lon ma kalama ali li kama kalama kala lon kalama ala	akesi kon Nalasuni
wawa sama wan li kama ala tan jan a la, jan li pana pan tawa jan ala a	soweli Kawen
nimi pi pipi mi li pini lili	jan Sala
pipi pi pilin ike la iki li pipi lili ike li pilin ipi pi pipi pilin pi lili pilin lon pipi ipi.	kala kala	(in sitelen sitelen, by jan Wali)
kalama kama la kalama li kalama utala uta la utala li uta ala	jan Ke Tami
ma mama mi li ma mani li ma ni pi mama mani	kili pan
luka li luka e luka la noka li noka e noka.	oni Tewi
pipi lili mi ni li pilin e pini kili	jan Jeto
mi o jo e ilo loje e ijo jelo	jan Jeto
nimi pi mama lili mi li kalama e sama kili. ni li kalama ala e kala. nimi mama li jan Kiwi.	jan Jeto
weka pi kalama kala la, ma mama pi kala ma li kama ma pi kalama kala ala tan pakala kama pi kala ma kalama ma.	akesi kon Nalasuni
tawa tomo tawa tawa sina la tawa tawa mama sina li tawa wawa tawa tomo tawa	Mist
soweli powe li owe li jo e ni: loje mi	jan Kami
mi tu li pu epiku li ku kulupu.	jan Tomino
sina kama la jan Kamala li alasa e kala pi kalama pakala	jan Nokuten
len loje, len jelo, len loje, len jelo (repeat)	jan kamatopu
jan lanpan li lanpan e pan wan tan jan pan li pana e pan tawa jan pan ala tan wile pan	jan Deni
jan lanpan li lanpan e pan wan tan jan Wantan tan wile wan pi jan Tanwan.	palisa jelo Natan
pipi pi pilin lili li pilin e pilin pini	jan Nuse
o mu, moku ko o! mi ku, li moku e moku ko. o ku, o ko, o mu, o moku!	jan Pulepo
o mu, moku ko o! mi ku, li moku e moku ko. ilo pi kulupu Kuko li moli e mi li ilo mi. mi o moli e ku e ilo pi kulupu Kuko, mi o moku e ko e kulupu Kuko. o ku, o ko, o mu, o moku!	jan Pulepo	spoken by jan Ke Tami
a, ala la, o alasa kama kalama, o alasa kama kala a. kala la, o kama kamalawala. lawa ala la, o kalama e kala. kalama la, o kama kalama ala, o lawa, o kala ala. o alasa kama ala.	jan Pulepo
ma ala la, kalama ma li kama ala kama e kala? ala! kalama ma la, ma ala li kama ma.	jan Ke Tami (p. 10)
kili ni li lili, taso pipi lili linja li toki insa e ni: kili ni li suli tawa mi.	jan Soli	spoken by janasa Kenta