Tongue twisters
A tongue twister is a sentence or a phrase that is difficult to pronounce, making it challenging 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 subjective, both may be included in this article.
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Sentence | Ref. | Audio |
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kala li kama kamalawala ala la kala li kama lawa tawa ma kala li ken kalama tawa kala lawa. | [1] | spoken by jan Lakuse |
pilin wawa la, lawa wawa mi li kama wawa. | [2] | spoken by jan Juso |
sina tawa ala tawa wawa tawa mama ona pi pana pan. | [3] | 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. | [4] | spoken by jan Juso |
waso li laso lili la waso laso lili li lili laso. taso, waso laso ala li laso lili ala. | [5] | 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. | [6] | spoken by jan Ke Tami, spoken by jan Kita |
mani ma ni la lipu li pu. | [7] | |
nimi ni mi li ni li mi li nimi mi ni kin. | [8] | |
soweli lili li lili tawa ala. | [9] | |
kili lili li lili lili li linja. | [10] | |
ma mama mi li lili lili. | [11] | |
lon ona li lon ona la ona li lon a. | [12] | |
soweli sewi seli li suwi suli. | [13] | |
kalama pi kala ma li kama la mi alasa. | [14] | |
pipi pi ma mama li lili. | [15] | |
soweli suli sewi suwi li seli suli. | [16] | |
o suwi e sike suno sin sina! | [17] | |
ma kala la kala ma li kama kalama kala. | [18] | |
kili lili li lili ala la lawa wawa li lili. | [19] | |
kili lili li lili lili. | [20] | |
ilo seli jelo li jo e sijelo loje la selo loje li ijo loje jelo. | [21] | |
selo sijelo mi li jelo | [22] | |
linja len li lili la lawa li lete | [23] | |
jan wawa wan li wan e jan | [24] | |
ma kala la kala ma li kama kalama kala. | [25] | |
kili ike li lili sama kalama kala lawa. | [26] | |
mi tawa sike e kasi kipisi pi pipi pimeja tan mulapisu pi pilin pini | [27] | |
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! |
[28][29] | 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. | [30] | |
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. | [31] | |
pilin mi li ni: kili lili ni li sin lili li lili kin. | [32] | |
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. | [33] | |
pipi pi pilin pini ni li pipi pini | [34] | |
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. |
[35] | |
wawa lawa la lawa wawa li wawa tawa lawa | [36] | |
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 | [37] | |
wawa sama wan li kama ala tan jan a la, jan li pana pan tawa jan ala a | [38] | |
nimi pi pipi mi li pini lili | [39] | |
pipi pi pilin ike la iki li pipi lili ike li pilin ipi pi pipi pilin pi lili pilin lon pipi ipi. | [40] | |
kalama kama la kalama li kalama utala uta la utala li uta ala |
[41] | |
ma mama mi li ma mani li ma ni pi mama mani | [42] | |
luka li luka e luka la noka li noka e noka. | [43] | |
pipi lili mi ni li pilin e pini kili | [44] | |
mi o jo e ilo loje e ijo jelo | [45] | |
nimi pi mama lili mi li kalama e sama kili. ni li kalama ala e kala. nimi mama li jan Kiwi. |
[46] | |
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. | [47] | |
tawa tomo tawa tawa sina la tawa tawa mama sina li tawa wawa tawa tomo tawa | [48] | |
soweli powe li owe li jo e ni: loje mi | [49] | |
mi tu li pu epiku li ku kulupu. | [50] | |
sina kama la jan Kamala li alasa e kala pi kalama pakala | [51] | |
len loje, len jelo, len loje, len jelo (repeat) | [52] | |
jan lanpan li lanpan e pan wan tan jan pan li pana e pan tawa jan pan ala tan wile pan | [53] | |
jan lanpan li lanpan e pan wan tan jan Wantan tan wile wan pi jan Tanwan. | [54] | |
pipi pi pilin lili li pilin e pilin pini | [55] | |
o mu, moku ko o! mi ku, li moku e moku ko. o ku, o ko, o mu, o moku! | [56] | |
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! | [57] | 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. | [58] | |
ma ala la, kalama ma li kama ala kama e kala? ala! kalama ma la, ma ala li kama ma. | [59] | |
kili ni li lili, taso pipi lili linja li toki insa e ni: kili ni li suli tawa mi. | [60] | spoken by janasa Kenta |
sewi li suli. sewi suli li seli. sewi suli seli li suwi tawa jan Sosanili tan ni: sewi suli seli suwi li lili tawa jan Sosanili. jan Sosanili li suli li sewi. ni la, jan Sosanili li jan suli sewi. ni la, sewi suli seli suwi li lili tawa jan suli sewi Sosanili tan ona li suli li sewi. | [61] | |
sama ala mama la jan wan li pana e pan tawa jan San | [62] | |
kalama li kama la o pana e kalama wawa | [63] | |
sina sona ala sona e sona ala sina? | [64] | |
o kalama ala la kala li kama tawa ma a! | [65] | |
nimi lili mi li jan Limu | [66] | |
ala la, kala li kama ma kalama a! | [67] | |
kili lili ni li kili lili mi. | [68] | |
lukin suwi sin sina li pana e pilin suwi pona tawa pan pilin pona mi | [69] | |
mi sona ala sona e sona pona ona pi pana sona | [70] | |
tenpo lili la lili Lili li lili li lanpan e pan tan jan Kekan San | [71] | jan Satun |
sina su suli lili la, jan Sa li su suli lili | [72] | |
ale Ali li ala la ala Lala li ala a ala Lala li ala la ale Ali li ala a ala Lala li ala la ale Ali li ala la ale li ala a ala Lala li ala ala la ale Ali li ala ala la ala li ala la ale li ala ala a! |
[73] |
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ kala pona Tonyu
- ↑ ijo Kalita
- ↑ ijo Kalita
- ↑ ijo Kalita
- ↑ asali
- ↑ jan Ke Tami
- ↑ u/copenhagen
- ↑ Stephen Waldron
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ jan Kasa
- ↑ u/marcusbarkus
- ↑ u/marcusbarkus
- ↑ u/CrackCrackGo
- ↑ u/Hungry-Pie
- ↑ jan Antu
- ↑ u/Ephraim_Bane
- ↑ jan Poli
- ↑ [2]
- ↑ u/SmolCrane
- ↑ jan Ontoli
- ↑ jan Pensa
- ↑ u/wasolili
- ↑ u/wasolili
- ↑ u/wasolili
- ↑ [3]
- ↑ len noka
- ↑ @tzkbb
- ↑ jan Mali
- ↑ jan Minasa
- ↑ ijo Kalita
- ↑ ijo Kalita
- ↑ jan Tomen
- ↑ jan Tomen
- ↑ jan Kona
- ↑ jan Tomen
- ↑ jan Tomen
- ↑ akesi kon Nalasuni
- ↑ soweli Kawen
- ↑ jan Sala
- ↑ kala kala
- ↑ jan Ke Tami
- ↑ kili pan
- ↑ oni Tewi
- ↑ jan Jeto
- ↑ jan Jeto
- ↑ jan Jeto
- ↑ akesi kon Nalasuni
- ↑ Mist
- ↑ jan Kami
- ↑ jan Tomino
- ↑ jan Nokuten
- ↑ jan kamatopu
- ↑ jan Deni
- ↑ palisa jelo Natan
- ↑ jan Nuse
- ↑ jan Pulepo
- ↑ jan Pulepo
- ↑ jan Pulepo
- ↑ jan Ke Tami (p. 10)
- ↑ jan Soli
- ↑ kijetesantakalu Nasan
- ↑ jan pi pana toki
- ↑ jan pi pana toki
- ↑ jan Kukisulasu
- ↑ jan pi pana toki
- ↑ jan San
- ↑ jan pona mute
- ↑ jan One
- ↑ jan Lilin
- ↑ jan Nikolajo
- ↑ jan Satun
- ↑ jan Simo
- ↑ soweli Kisi