Akan or Asante Tongue Twisters
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| Original: | Kwaa Paa ko pam kohunu mampam. Gyae pam ko pam mampam. Mampam foro pam na ampa? |
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| English: | Kwaa Paa goes to clear the bush, sees a pangolin (anteater) and stops to chase the pangolin. The pangolin climbs a tree. Is it true? |
| Original: | Aben beba bedi a, bedi aben beba |
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| English: | The aben fruit is very small, very small is the aben fruit |
| Original: | Sesane sesana sesane sesana |
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| English: | Sesane and sesana are the same |
| Original: | Mmaa mmua mmuammaa |
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| English: | The mother's brother's sister's mother |
| Original: | Anka wofa wofa w'anka |
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| English: | The chief's son's son's chief |
| Original: | Agya ato so ntumi nnya no |
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| English: | The chief's messenger goes to fetch the water |