أَلَمٌ أَلَمَّ أَلَمْ أُلِمَّ بِدَائِهِ ... إِنْ آنَ آنٌ آنَ آنُ أَوَانِهِ
(Alamun alamma alam ulimma bida'ih ... In aana aanun aana aanu awaanih)
I've got pain, but I don't know the disease ... If it hurts me, it should be healed
by Abu at-Tayyib Al-Mutanabbi (AD 915-965)
Arabic (Kuwaiti)
Târiq tag Taqi
Tariq hit Taqi
Khamees kumash khashim Habash
Khamees caught the nose of Habash
Chinese (Mandarin) (绕口令)
吃葡萄不吐葡萄皮，不吃葡萄倒吐葡萄皮
Chī pútao bù tǔ pútao pí, bù chī pútao dáo tǔ pútao pí
When eating grapes don't spit out the skin, when not eating grapes spit out the skin
四是四，十是十，十四是十四，四十是四十，四十四隻不識字之石獅子是死的
sì shí sì, shí shì shí, shísì shí shísì, sìshí shí sìshí, sìshísì zhi bùshízǐ zhi shíshīzǐ shì sǐ de.
4 is 4, 10 is 10, 14 is 14, 40 is 40, 44 illiterate stone lions are dead.
山前住的颜圆眼， (shān qián zhù de yányuányǎn)
山后住的颜眼圆， (shān hòu zhù de yányǎnyuán)
两人山前来比眼， (liǎng rén shān qián lái bǐ yǎn)
也不知道颜圆眼比颜眼圆的圆眼， (yě bù zhīdào yányuányǎn bǐ yányǎnyuán de yuányǎn)
也不知道颜眼圆比颜圆眼的眼圆 (yě bù zhīdào yányǎnyuán bǐ yányuányǎn de yǎnyuán)
Croatian
Na vrh brda vrba mrda.
On the top of the riverbank the willow is swaying.
Hrvoje sa Hvara hrani hrčka
Hrvoje from Hvar island is feeding a hamster
Cvrči cvrči cvrčak na čvoru crne smrče.
A cricket sings and sings on a knobby branch of a black spruce.
Esperanto
Ĉu ŝi scias, ĉu ĉi-scene la sklavo ŝtelas la sceptron?
Does she know if the slave steals the sceptre during this scene?
Serpo servu cin por ĉerpo el cerbo de serba cervo.
May a billhook serve thee to scoop out a Serbian deer's brain.
Estonian
Jüriöö ülestõus
St. George's Night uprising (in 1343)
musta lehma saba valge lehma taga, valge lehma saba musta lehma taga
the black cow's tail behind the white cow, the white cow's tail behind the black cow
kuulilennuteetunneliluuk
the hatch of the bullet's flight trajectory (a palindrome)
jää-äär
the edge of the ice
kuu-uurija
the explorer of the moon
töö-öö
a worknight
õueaiaäär
the fence of the yard's edge
Ao äia õe uue oaõieaia õueaua ööau.
The nightly honour of the watchdog (yard dog) of the dawn's father-in-law's sister's new bean blossom garden. (Very-very artificial and utilises a very wide selection of language registers, it's a tongue twister even for natives!)
Finnish
Mustan kissan paksut posket.
Black cats' fat cheeks.
Appilan pappilan apupapin papupata pankolla kiehuu ja kuohuu.
The curates' beanpot is boiling and boiling over on the stove in the rectory of the parents-in-law.
Vesihiisi sihisi hississä.
A water troll was hissing in the elevator.
Kärpänen sanoi kärpäselle: tuu kattoon kattoon ku kaveri tapettiin tapettiin.
A Fly said to another fly: come to the ceiling to see as our friend was killed on the wallpaper.
Ruislaari, ohralaari, kauralaari.
Rye bin, barley bin, oat bin
French - Virelangues
Les chaussettes de l'archi-duchesse sont-elles sèches, archi-sèches ?
Are the archduchess' socks dry, very dry?
Un chasseur sachant chasser sait chasser sans son chien.
A hunter who knows how to hunt knows how to hunt without his dog.
Si six scies scient six-cent-six scies, ces six-cent-six scies seront sciées.
If six saws saw six hundred six saws, those six hundred six saws will be sawed.
Rose Sélavy et moi esquivons les ecchymoses des Esquimaux aux mots exquis.
Rose Sélavy and I dodge the bruises of the eskimos who use exquisite words
- (Marcel Duchamp)
Trois gros crapauds dans trois gros trous creux.
Three fat toads in three fat (or big) hollow holes.
Frisian (West) - Tongbrekkers
Bûter, brea en griene tsiis, wa't dat net sizze kin is gjin oprjochte Fries.
Butter, rye bread and green cheese, whoever can't say that is no genuine Frisian.
Al tsien jier gie Pier ier mei it iepenbier ferfier.
For ten years Pier went early by public transport.
Yn ien ear in earbel.
In one ear an earring.
Rea rikke rierreljirre
Red smoked (smoked) beef from a heifer
Lytse Ljouwerter strjitstientsjes
Small street bricks from Leeuwarden
West Frisian tongue twiters provided by Robin van der Vliet
Georgian
ბაყაყი წყალში ყიყინებს (baqaqi cqalši qiqinebs)
The frog is croaking in the water
Greek - Γλωσσοδέτες (Glossodetes)
Ἄσπρη πέτρα ξέξασπρη κι ἀπ᾿ τὸν ἤλιο ξεξασπρώτερη
(Áspri pétra xéxaspri ke ap ton ílio xexaspróteri)
A white stone, very white, whiter than the sun.
Μιὰ πάπια μὰ ποιά πάπια;
(Miá pápia ma piá pápia)
A duck but which duck).
Η αθασιά της Αϊσές αν έχει αθάσια, ας έχει.
(I athasiá tis Aishés an éshei atháshia, as éshei)
/i aθa'ʃa t̪is à.i'ʃɛs an ɛʃi a'θaʃʲa, as ɛʃʲi/
Greenlandic
Qaqqap qaani kumak qarrakoq.
Squashed flea on top of a mountain
Taskeqakataqaanga
I'm tired of holding this backpack
Araabiamiuarangavunga?
Do I look a little Arab?
Sakkutuut Sallutuut Sakkortuut
Strong lying soldiers
Eqeqqukikequtima Kukikequtaa
The reason for my small nail in my pinky
