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Kannada or Kanarese Tongue Twisters

1st International Collection of Tongue Twisters
www.tongue-twister.net/kn.htm © 1996-2018 by Mr.Twister

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1

Terikere yri male muru kari kurimari meyuthiddavu.

2

Bankapurada kempu kunkuma, bankapurada kempu kunkuma, bankapurada kempu kunkuma, ...

3

jambagi tookappa tumbida tuppada tambigi tandana

4

kurudu kudarege hurida hurakadli

5

Sampangappana maga Marisampangappa. Marisampangappana appa Sampangappa.

6

Kaage pukka, gubbi pukka. Kaage pukka, gubbi pukka, ...

7

yeraderadu emma maradadi nintu karadada hullu karakara tintu

8

kesthur rastheli kasthur rangarayaru pistul etu tindu susthagi sathbiddru

9

Kappu kumkuma kempu kumkuma
Kappu kumkuma kempu kumkuma
Kappu kumkuma kempu kumkuma ...

Rough Translations

  1. up Near the city Terikere's water hole three black lambs were grazing.
  2. up red color powder of Bankapur
  3. up a man named jambagi tookappa has brought bowl full of ghee (butter fat)
  4. up roasted grams for the blind horse
  5. up Sampangappa's son is Marisampangappa (mari meaning Jr.). Marisampangappa's father is Sampangappa.
  6. up Crow's feather, sparrow's feather. Crow's feather, sparrow's feather, ...
  7. up Two buffaloes standing under a tree ate dry grass making a 'kara kara' sound.
  8. up In the road called Kesthur, a fellow named "Kasthur Rangaray" had a wound due to a pistol and got tired and died.
  9. up Black kumkum (powder), red kumkum (powder) ...

Thanks

Barath Dandi, Madhusudan Halambi, Keshava Murthy Jayaram, Raghavendra K.A., Milind Kabbur, Narasimha Kanavalli, Nagaraj Madegowda, Mamatha Mallesh, Raman Subba Rao Metikurke, Praveen Naik, Ambika Ranganath, Chetan V.

Links

Ethnologue, Languages of the World: Kannada

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