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)
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.
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.
If a pig hits a pig
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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.
A Collection of Funny Animal Tongue Twisters (21–30)
Farewell, Taraba.
It’s a tongue twister that sounds like a simple greeting, tossing out cool words while reluctantly parting with a king crab.
The puzzling point is why we’re communicating with a crab in the first place, and precisely because it uses so few words, it invites all kinds of scenarios.
Are we calling out to a crab returning to the sea, or expressing gratitude to a crab we’re about to eat? It even raises the question of whether a greeting is necessary in any situation.
In addition to the similarity between “saraba” (farewell) and “taraba” (king crab), the “da” that connects them seems to make it even harder to say.
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.
Long Text & Continuous Challenge Tongue Twisters (1–10)
Say: “Apologize to Aya and Aya, apologize to Aya and your parents.”
A tongue twister in dialogue style: “Apologize to Aya, and tell her to apologize to her parents.” There are several versions of this tongue twister, such as “Apologize to Aya, and tell her to apologize to the greengrocer,” or “Tell the greengrocer that Aya is going to the bathhouse with her parents.” All versions rhyme on ‘Aya’ (o-aya) and make the sentences complex in a similar way.
Even without small kana or voiced sounds, it’s still difficult—a rare type of tongue twister.
Give it a try!
A small pimple on the right ear
This tongue twister is tricky, and it also invites a bit of imagination.
First, let me point out what makes it difficult: it uses the sound “ni” a lot.
Because “ni” appears in succession, you can easily get confused about how many times you’ve said it and where you are in the phrase.
Also, the unfamiliar phrase “mini nikibi” (tiny pimple) shows up, which is amusing.
It makes you wonder how small it is and where on the ear it appears, and you can’t help but picture it.
A noble enemy’s shoulder-tapping machine, devoted to a vertically written letter dashed off with its mane bristling; to drawing shadows that locked a key on a half-scorched bamboo fence of a horsehair crab set out with a detective to a cliff and a surgeon; and to writing a radical opera, chipped a bamboo stand propped up halfway.NEW!
A tongue twister packed with continuous sounds that tangle your tongue—perfect for a real challenge.
In this long phrase, similar sounds like “ka,” “ke,” “ta,” and “ki” appear over and over, so when you speak it aloud your mouth quickly can’t keep up.
Kids can tackle it playfully while imagining a story, and adults can enjoy it as an exercise for the tongue and mouth or for pronunciation practice.
Each reading changes the rhythm and pacing, letting you savor both the joy of voicing it and a good laugh at the same time.
By repeating complex sounds, it offers both a sense of challenge and accomplishment—an ultra-advanced tongue twister!
