[RNLD] Australian tongue twisters

[Peter Austin]

In Jiwarli

Wangkirarrirarringu
'(We) intend to talk to one another'

wangka- 'to speak'
-irarri  'reciprocal'
-irarringu  'intentive'

Peter

On Saturday, June 20, 2015, Norvin W Richards <norvin at mit.edu> wrote:

> 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
> ________________________________________
> From: Margaret Carew [margaret.carew at batchelor.edu.au <javascript:;>]
> Sent: Friday, June 19, 2015 11:22 PM
> To: r-n-l-d at lists.unimelb.edu.au <javascript:;>
> Subject: RE: [RNLD] Australian tongue twisters
>
> From: Burarra/Gun-nartpa
>
> rrugurrgurda jin-digigirrnga
>
> 'the crab crawls around'
>
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> From: Murray Garde [mgarde3 at bigpond.com <javascript:;>]
> Sent: Friday, 19 June 2015 09:47
> To: r-n-l-d at lists.unimelb.edu.au <javascript:;>
> 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
> <javascript:;><mailto:john.hobson at sydney.edu.au <javascript:;>>> 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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