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tongue-twister

phrase that is intentionally difficult to articulate properly
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Summary

tongue-twister is a stylistic device[1]. tongue-twister draws 2,136 Wikipedia views per month (stylistic device category, ranking #38 of 107).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: saying[3]
  • Part of: small genre of folklore[4]
  • Commons category: Tongue twisters[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Tongue twisters[6]
  • Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[7]

Why It Matters

tongue-twister has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] tongue-twister is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). tongue-twister. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/tongue-twister
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_tongue-twister_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{tongue-twister}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/tongue-twister}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-20}}
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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 13d ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-10-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['als', 'ar', 'as', 'ay', 'az', 'bar', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'bjn', 'bn', 'br'
    National library of spain spmabn id (bne v1.0) → XX546530
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ National library of spain spmabn id (bne v1.0): XX546530"
  2. 10w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → tongue-twisters
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: tongue-twisters, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289970724|tongue twisters (#289970724)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper'"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → saying
    Instance of → stylistic device
    Aliases → —
    Described by source → Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007541471605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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