Tongue twisters that will make you laugh out loud! Super funny
Tongue twisters used for play and articulation practice.
Whether you’re just having fun or trying to improve your diction, you might as well enjoy it! In this article, we’ll introduce tongue twisters that make wordplay fun and interesting.
We’ve gathered tongue twisters that let you feel the charm of language—some with delightful word sequences that make you want to say them out loud, and others that are amusing even if you don’t quite understand the meaning.
They can also be used for children’s play or oral exercises for older adults, so please use them as a reference!
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A Collection of Funny Animal Tongue Twisters (11–20)
Certainly, both serows and deer
https://www.tiktok.com/@masukawa1113/video/6937915774841457921This is a tongue twister from the commercial for the film “Kami☆Voice,” which became a hot topic when popular voice actor Hiroshi Kamiya delivered it with amazing articulation.
It begins with, “While a kamoshika (Japanese serow) and a shika (deer) are both certainly shika, an ashika (sea lion) is certainly not shika,” and then barrels ahead with more tongue twisters in rapid succession.
After seeing the commercial, many people jumped in to try the challenge.
As expected of a voice actor—more than that, it really shows the incredible daily effort that goes into ‘speaking the words.’ By all means, give this professional-level technique a try yourself!
Water-stealing horned owl
This is a tongue twister depicting an unexpected situation where an owl steals your drinking water.
Not only is it funny that a bird steals your belongings, but the fact that what’s stolen is drinking water adds to the humor and makes it even harder to say.
The key to the verbal difficulty is the placement of the “mi” sound; as the number of characters between the “mi” shifts, the rhythm becomes harder to grasp.
To pronounce it smoothly, it’s important not to laugh at the scenario and to emphasize the “mi” sound when you speak.
Kappapapakappa
This tongue twister focuses on two different words that sound the same: kappa the yokai and kappa meaning raincoat.
It depicts a certain scene where a dad kappa is wearing a raincoat kappa, and the connecting word “papa” causes a run of repeated ‘pa’ sounds.
Structurally, it’s made up of three blocks—‘kappa,’ ‘papa,’ and ‘kappa’—so it may be easier to say if you’re mindful of the breaks.
The plosive ‘pa’ requires clear mouth movement, so putting some force into it is also an important point.
If a pig hits a pig
@vivitabby Can you say the last part? lol#Vivitabby#bibitabiIdolTongue twister
Original song – Vivitabby – Vivitabby
As expected, the longer they are, the harder tongue twisters get.
“When a pig hit a pig, the pig that got hit hit the pig that hit it, so the pig that did the hitting and the pig that got hit both toppled over.” I think each sentence on its own is easy enough to say, but with “buta” (pig) and “butta” (hit) continuing in such rapid succession, a first-timer is bound to stumble somewhere.
Start by memorizing the passage itself.
If you imagine a bit of a story so you’re not thrown off by the mouthfeel, it might become just a little easier to say.
One day at noon, I flinched at a nihilistic duck’s leech.
This is a tongue twister that depicts an animal encounter and reaction: a nihilistic-acting duck recoils when it sees a leech.
You picture a cool, unflappable demeanor based on the word “nihilistic,” but the later reaction of “recoiled” creates a sense of contrast.
It makes you imagine what kind of duck it is—maybe it really can’t stand leeches.
The difficulty lies in the cluster of similar-sounding words like “hiru” (day), “nihiru” (nihilistic), “ahiru” (duck), “hiru” (leech), and “hirunda” (recoiled).
Focusing on how you pronounce that section is key.
Kitty, kitty, grand-kitty
It has the classic structure of a tongue twister where you add “child” and “grandchild” in order to a specific word.
As the one character for “ko” (child) and the two characters for “mago” (grandchild) are added, the rhythm changes subtly, which makes it tricky.
Since the elongated word “nyanko” is central, creating the sound in the back of the mouth and controlling your breath are important for clear pronunciation.
Precisely because the words are simple, repeating them to make it hard to tell which part you’re saying is what makes it an effective tongue twister.
Warm snail
It’s one of those tongue twisters that’s short but hard to pronounce.
What makes this phrase tricky is the repeated “ka” sounds, which make smooth pronunciation very difficult.
Your tongue tends to get tangled between “atatakaka” and “katatsumuri,” and trying to say it quickly makes mistakes even more likely.
To say this tongue twister well, it’s important to start slowly and practice while checking your tongue movements.
Keep your mouth movements smooth and pay attention to the breaks between sounds, then gradually increase your speed.
