Javanese Tongue Twisters

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Original:
Kakang kakung kula kelangan kalung ing kalen kilong kilong gram
English:
My brother lost his necklace in many kilos.
Original:
Kala kula kelas kalih kula kilang-kileng wetan kali kelangan kalung kula kaliyan kula keloloden kolang kaling kalih.
English:
When I was in the second year, I looked over at the east side of the river because I lost my necklace while I was also choked by two kolang-kaling (name of fruit)
Original:
Kang Kerto karo Karti tuku kertu karo kertas karton ning ngingsor kretek Kertosono.
English:
Mr. Kerto and Kerti buy cards and carton papers under the bridge of Kertosono.
Original:
lor ril, dul ril, lor ril, dul ril, lor ril, dul ril, …
English:
north of the railway, south of the railway
Original:
Lor rel kidul sepur.
English:
On the north is the track, on the south is the train.
Original:
Pitik blorok klorok bolak balik.
English:
The spotted chicken crows over and over.
Original:
Grobak numplak gupak glepung.
English:
The oxcart overturned and struck the floor.
Original:
Piting njengking ning jedhing kecokot luwing mlayu pontang-panting.
English:
A crab squats with its bottom facing up, in the toilet, bitten by a centipede, and runs helter-skelter.
Original:
Pitik blurik kluruk bolak balik ketiban dingklik tiba njempalik.
English:
The spotted chicken crows over and over; a stool falls upon it that it (the chicken) tumbles upside down.
Original:
kira kira karsa karo karta kuru sapa
English:
Who's the thinner, Karsa or Karta?
Original:
Kalim klelep klagep klagep, klawe klawe merga klambine keli
English:
Kalim drowned, gasped, and waved his hand because his shirt drifted by the river flow.
Original:
Kuncung klonthang - klanthung kesandhung kecemplung kedhung
English:
Kuncung worthlessly walking around, bumped and plunged into the river.
Original:
Laler menclok nang lore ril
English:
A fly landed/sat on (the) north side of (the) railway.
Original:
Sakdjeng nyandhang sakdjeng nyandhang Sakdjeng nyandhang sakdjeng nyandhang
English:
Hanging hanging hanging Hanging hanging hanging
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