Me'phaa (Tlapanec) Tongue Twister
Listen to a tongue twister in Me'phaa (Tlapanec),
an Oto-Manguean tone language of the State of Guerrero.
Listen to the tongue twister.
The tongue twister is based on syllables with mba, mbaa, kha, khaa, ka, and prefixes with i or i' (all on various tones).
Mbáa i̱'kha̱ mba̱a̱ i̱'kha̱ mbá ikha; ikhaa i̱'kha̱ i̱ka̱a ikháá.
Here is its meaning:
A big skunk comes up the path; that skunk goes back down the path again.
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