A collection of long tongue twisters. Also recommended for practicing announcements and narration.
Among tongue twisters that test articulation and smooth delivery, we’ll highlight and introduce longer ones.
The connections between words and the rhythm of the sentences add a level of difficulty unique to longer passages.
By repeatedly challenging yourself with hard-to-read text, your articulation will gradually improve, leading to clearer speech and smoother everyday conversation.
The key is to aim for clear, easy-to-understand pronunciation—like a news announcer reading the news.
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Collection of long tongue twisters. Also recommended for practicing announcements and narration. (11–20)
Boar soup, boar hotpot, boar rice bowl, boar stew — all of the above have been taste-tested by boar dish judges. Four of the seven new boar dishes.
This is a tongue twister made up of words starting with the S sounds.
While clear articulation is important for tongue twisters, I recommend focusing on the rhythm rather than articulation for this one.
It gets harder to read toward the end, so try saying it out loud multiple times.
Another notable point is that many words start with “shi,” so it’s helpful to practice by breaking it into words or short phrases.
It’s also great for learners of Japanese, so please use it as a reference!
As a result of consultations among the instructors for each subject this semester in the Mechanical Department of the Naval Engineering School, the following have been finalized: science, geometry, mechanics, national language, foreign languages, drawing, civics.
With so many K-sound words, your speech might start to get choppy.
Even the first half is filled with words that could break your spirit, and the second half offers no mercy with its difficulty either.
Since it’s hard to tell where one word ends and the next begins when they’re just strung together, I recommend first separating and writing them out word by word.
Because there are so many words using the K consonant, once you can say them clearly, your overall K-sound pronunciation should improve as well.
The difficulty is high, but it’s a perfect prompt for articulation practice, so be sure to make use of it!
Kyary Pamyu Pamyu three Pamyu Pamyu, together Pamyu Pamyu six Pamyu Pamyu.
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“Pamyu-pamyu” starts rampaging in your mouth! This tongue twister—“Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, three pamyu-pamyus.
Altogether, pamyu-pamyu, six pamyu-pamyus.”—is a delightfully tricky classic whose clever rhythm and confusing sound make you burst out laughing.
The phrase “pamyu pamyu” is hard to pronounce to begin with, and repeating it while mixing in numbers scrambles your brain even more.
People inevitably lose track of how many pamyu-pamyus they’ve said—an amusing maze of pronunciation you can truly enjoy.
It’s perfect for parties and icebreakers, precisely because you’ll trip over it even if you try seriously.
If you can rattle it off in good tempo, you’re a bona fide Pamyu-Pamyu master!
On a gas-spraying bus, 100 passengers who often eat persimmons from 100 passenger planes in Massachusetts caused the gas bus to explode.
A tongue-twister so insanely hard that nailing it deserves a standing ovation! This one-liner—“In Massachusetts, 100 passenger planes each carrying 100 persimmon-loving passengers cause a gas-bus explosion”—is a chaotic masterpiece that tests your diction, focus, and sense of humor all at once.
It kicks off with the foreign place name “Massachusetts,” piles on numbers and tricky phrases, and caps it with the classic “gas-bus explosion.” You have to fire through it in one breath, and even if you mess up, it’s guaranteed laughs.
Whether you nail it or fail it, it kills either way—truly top-tier tongue-twister material.
Try it with friends or coworkers and watch the room explode with energy.
In conclusion
We introduced long tongue twisters where smooth pronunciation is difficult because of sequences with different word connections and sounds.
If you want to try more challenging tongue twisters, we recommend combining hard-to-pronounce words from the ones listed here to build longer sentences.
The reasons certain sounds are difficult vary by theme—such as the k- and s- sound series—so start by pronouncing them slowly while checking your mouth shape and tongue movements, then gradually increase your speed.
By broadly mastering smooth pronunciation, you may also find it helps you read scripts more effectively.