Ular melingkar-lingkar di atas pagar pak Umar.

Meaning: A rolling 'l / r / ling' drill that loops like the snake it describes.

Language: Indonesian

Literally: A snake coils around and around on top of Mr. Umar's fence.

Category: Warm-up

Origin: A popular Indonesian children's tongue twister.

More tongue twisters — Warm-up

• なまむぎ なまごめ なまたまご (Nama mugi, nama gome, nama tamago) — A nimble warm-up for the Japanese 'na / ma / ge' syllables.
• Pablito clavó un clavito, ¿qué clavito clavó Pablito? — A bouncy drill on the 'cl' cluster.
• 赤パジャマ黄パジャマ茶パジャマ (Aka pajama, ki pajama, cha pajama) — A rapid-fire drill on colour words; the syllable shift from aka/ki/cha trips the tongue b…
• Como poco coco como, poco coco compro. — A bouncy 'co' drill — the word order and meaning flip with each repetition.
• Pepe Pecas pica papas con un pico. ¿Con qué pico pica papas Pepe Pecas? — A bouncy 'p' cluster that accelerates with the question at the end.
• Dans ta tente ta tante t'attend. — A gentle 'ta / ten / tan / t'' warm-up that sounds faster than it reads.

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