Tongue twisterFiendish
Catalan
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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