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Mother Tongue Twisters

Mother Tongue Twisters

Curated Contemporary Poetry For Young Readers In Indian Languages

Poet: Onaiza Drabu

Wadwun gobro osh mo trav (Whiny child, don’t let the tears fall)

Wadwun gobro osh mo trav, 

Kavan traviy, 

Rek ad paav, 

Aed thav chandas, 

So khya wandas, 

Ad thav aalis, 

So khya ryatakalis

Bishta bishta byaryo khotkho van (Bishta Bishta, little kitten, who went to the jungle)

Bishta bishta byaryo khotkho van

Tora Kyah vwoluth babre pan

Su Kaman dyututh kotaran

Kotar beethi maarkan

Zoon chai gindan tarkan

About MTT

Founded in March 2020, Mother Tongue Twisters (MTT) is a comprehensive multilingual, digital platform with original and curated contemporary poetry for young readers in Indian languages. It aims to weave stories and sounds from the Indian collective conscience, drawing from the heterogeneity of the multi-layered 'Indian experience'. MTT also seeks to create conversations around Indian languages, poetry and translation through its regular digital initiatives such as #TranslationThursdays.

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