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In a Ngan’gi language class we once played around constructing a few. The one I remember best was:<br>
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<i>Awafilfilimuy wannimfifilirrmuy</i> ‘the restless ones are staggering around’<br>
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which you can figure out from these two items, and knowing awa- is the human group’ noun class prefix:<br>
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• filimuy adjectival noun.<br>
Person who can’t sit in one place, a wanderer. Derivations: wafifilimuy, wurfifilimuy, awafifilimuy.<br>
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• fifilirr muy coverb + bodypart<br>
+ wannim verb intr. ‘go'<br>
Stagger, weave drunkenly from side to side.<br>
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cheers
<div>Nick<br>
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On 19 Jun 2015, at 9:51 am, Nicholas Evans <<a href="mailto:nicholas.evans@anu.edu.au">nicholas.evans@anu.edu.au</a>> wrote:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">My favourite Kayardild one, the word for 'mudskipper':<br>
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ṱúrupuɖuyùpuɖu (thurruburduyuburdu in practical orthography)<br>
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and 'cuttlefish':<br>
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badaɻaraɻar<br>
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Nick<br>
From: John Hobson <<a href="mailto:john.hobson@sydney.edu.au">john.hobson@sydney.edu.au</a>><br>
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Subject: [RNLD] Australian tongue twisters<br>
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Dear Australianists,<br>
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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.<br>
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John<br>
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