[RNLD] Australian tongue twisters

[Murray Garde]

A tongue-twister from Bininj Kunwok (Kuninjku dialect):

ŋaŋaŋʔŋaŋa ŋɛʔŋɛʔ yimeŋ
nganganghnganga ʼngehngehʼ yimeng
The grey-crowned babbler said nge’ nge’.
Includes velar nasals in syllable initial and final positions and in a cluster with a glottal stop.

and another favourite:

dabːorabːolk bɪrɪbitbom bembem bɪrɪbɪmbom
Dabborrabbolk birribidbom bembem birribimbom.
The old people climbed up and painted a sole fish.


Murray Garde

On 19 Jun 2015, at 8:14 am, John Hobson <john.hobson at sydney.edu.au> wrote:

> Dear Australianists,
> 
> I’m assembling some activities to support pronunciation skills development for learners of Australian languages, one of which is the use of tongue twisters. If anyone can offer any examples I’d be pleased to receive them, especially for phones and phonotactics that are considered problematic for English speakers.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> John
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