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Bengali or Bangla Tongue Twisters

1st International Collection of Tongue Twisters
© 1996-2010 by Mr.Twister

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1

jole chun taja, tele chul taja

2

pakhi paka pnepe khay

3

chacha chnacha chata chnechona, aa-chnacha chata chnacho

4

babla gachhe baagh jhulchhe

5

baaro haari raabri baro barabari

baaro haari raabri baro barabari

6

kacha gab paka gab

kacha gab paka gab

7

kolikatar kakoli kakake kohilo: kaka, kak keno ka-ka kore?

kolikatar kakoli kakake kohilo: kaka, kak keno ka-ka kore?

Rough Translations

  1. Lime fresh in water, hair fresh in oil. 
  2. The bird eats ripe papaya. 
  3. Uncle don't polish the polished bamboo-strips, polish the un-polished ones! 
  4. The Tiger is hanging from the babla-tree. 
  5. Twelve bowl of "Raabri" (sweet) is too much! 
  6. Green gab (a fruit). ripe gab. 
  7. Calcutta's Kakoli asked his uncle: "Uncle! Why (do) the crows say kra-kra?" 
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    Thanks

    Chitrangshu Banerjee, Shagufta Hossain, Emanuele P., Nilmani (Neil) Pramanik

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Last update 2010-01-18