Tongue twisterFiendishCatalan

Setze jutges d'un jutjat mengen fetge d'un penjat.

Meaning: The famous 'j / tg / tj' test for the voiced sound Spanish lacks — a true Catalan shibboleth.

Literally: Sixteen judges of a court eat the liver of a hanged man.

Origin: Catalonia's signature tongue twister, long used to tell native speakers apart.

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