[RNLD] Australian tongue twisters

[Norvin W Richards]

Here are some Lardil ones:

Dubuduburr durathur dulbiribiriwu burururu.
ɖubudubur ɖuɹaðuɹ ɖulbiɹibiɹiwu buɹuɹuɹu
'The tiger mullet will tickle the rain bird with a (species of bush used for firedrill)'

Burbur bana buribur bana burdu.
buɹbuɹ bana buɹibuɹ bana buɖu
'Both the feather and the gun are short'

Dulbiribiri dulburri burrurri.
ɖulbiɹibiɹi ɖulburi bururi
'The rain bird picked seaweed up off the ground'

--Norvin Richards
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From: Margaret Carew [margaret.carew at batchelor.edu.au]
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From: Burarra/Gun-nartpa

rrugurrgurda jin-digigirrnga

'the crab crawls around'

Margaret Carew
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From: Murray Garde [mgarde3 at bigpond.com]
Sent: Friday, 19 June 2015 09:47
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Subject: Re: [RNLD] Australian tongue twisters

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<mailto: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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