TONGUE TWISTER

ECAFE LEARNING - TONGUE TWISTER

Acholi, Acoli or Lwo
Lagwok gwokke; Ogwok gwoke lagwok.

Afrikaans
Wat was was voor was was was?

Akan or Asante
Kwaa Paa ko pam kohunu mampam.
Gyae pam ko pam mampam.
Mampam foro pam na ampa?

Albanian
Shishja ishte në shesh dhe shishet ishin në sheshe.

Alur
Agwarawangawendo ogwaro wang awendo

Amharic, Ethiopian or Amarigna
Be bug bate, bug geba.

Arabic
al mesh'mesh dah mish mien meshmeshkum wikamah al mesh'mesh dah mish mien meshmeshnah.

Aragonese
Baxa t'abaxo lo faxo xuto de buxo y traye lo trallo tallau y trestallau.

Armenian
Փայտփորիկը փորեց փայտի փտած փորը:
P'aytp'oriky' p'orec p'ayti p'tac' p'ory':
Hübschmann-Meillet: P‘aytp‘orikǝ p‘orec‘ p‘ayti p‘tac p‘orǝ:

Assamese
Bogakoi Bogoli Boholai Bohise Bolukat Biyoli Bela.

Avar or Avaric
ункъазаралда ункънуcиялда ункъоялда ункъо къверкъ къвакъвалебуго кьода гъоркь
Unqʼazaralda unqʼnusiyalda unqʼoyalda unqʼo qʼwerqʼ qʼwaqʼwalebugo ƛʼoda ɣorƛʼ.

Azerbaijani or Azeri
Getdim gordum bir derede bir berber bir berberi ber-ber byirdir. Dedim ay berber niye bu berberi ber-ber beyirdirsen? Dedi buberber oglu men berber oglun ber-ber beyirdmeseydi men berber oglu bu berber oglun ber-ber beyirdmezdim.

Bengali or Bangla
chacha chnacha chata chnechona, aa-chnacha chata chnacho

Breton
C’hwec’h merc’h gwerc’h war c’hwec’h marc’h kalloc’h o tougen c’hwec’h sac’h kerc’h.

Bulgarian
Петър плет плете, по три пръта преплита, през три плета преплита. Плети Петре плета, подпри Петре плета, падна Петре плета!
Petr plet plete, po tri pleta preplita, prez tri pleta preplita. Pleti Petre pleta, podri Petre pleta, padna Petre pleta!

Catalan
Com a ploure, prou que plou, Pau, però plou poc.

Chinese, Mandarin
吃葡萄不吐葡萄皮，
不吃葡萄倒吐葡萄皮
chī pútáo bù tǔ pútáo pí
bù chī pútáo dào tǔ pútáo pí.

Chinese, Yue or Cantonese
白石白又滑
搬來白石搭白塔
白石塔白石搭
白石搭白塔
搭好白石塔
白塔白又滑
baak6 sek6 baak6 jau6 waat6
bun1 loi4 baak6 sek6 daap2 baak6 t'aap2
baak6 sek6 t'aap2 baak6 sek6 daap2
baak6 sek6 daap2 baak6 t'aap2
daap2 hou5 baak6 sek6 t'aap2
baak6 t'aap3 baak6 jau6 waat6

Croatian, Serbian and Bosnian
Na vrh brda vrba mrda.

Czech
Třista třicet tři stříbrných stříkaček stříkalo
přes třista třicet tři stříbrných střech.


Danish
Bispens gipsgebis

Dutch
Leentje leerde Lotje lopen op de lange Lindelaan.
Maar toen Lotje niet wilde lopen liet Leentje Lotje staan.

English
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked.
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
Where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?