Titan language
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Austronesian language of Papua New Guinea
| Titan | |
|---|---|
| Manus | |
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Manus & neighboring islands |
Native speakers | 5,100 (2000)[1] |
Austronesian
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ttv |
| Glottolog | tita1241 |
Titan, also known as Manus, is an
East Manus language of the Austronesian language family spoken in the southeastern part of Manus Island, New Guinea
, and neighboring islands by about 4,000 people.
Titan has a
bilabial trill and prenasalized consonants
, as in [ⁿrakeiʔin] 'girls' and [ᵐʙutukei] 'wooden plate'.
Phonology
Phonology of the Titan language:
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| plain | lab. | |||||
Plosive
|
p | (pʷ) | t | c | k | (ʔ) |
| Nasal | m | (mʷ) | n | ɲ | ŋ | |
Fricative
|
v | s | h | |||
| Prenasalized Trill |
ᵐʙ | ⁿdr | ||||
| Trill | r | |||||
| Lateral | l | |||||
Approximant
|
w | j | ||||
Consonant sounds in parentheses are only inferred to exist in Titan, or to exist in other dialects of Titan.
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
High
|
i | u | |
| ɪ | |||
| Mid | e | o | |
Low
|
a |
An /e/ sound may also be interchangeable with an open-mid sound /ɛ/.[2]
References
- ^ Titan at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Bowern, Claire (2011). Sivisa Titan: Sketch Grammar, Texts, Vocabulary Based on Material Collected by P. Josef Meier and Po Minis. University of Hawai'i Press.
Further reading
- Bowern, Claire (2011). Sivisa Titan: Sketch grammar, texts, vocabulary based on material collected by P. Josef Meier and Po Minis. Oceanic Linguistics Special Publication No. 38. Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press.
- Ladefoged, Peter (2005). Vowels and Consonants (2nd ed.) Blackwell.
External links
- Kaipuleohone's collection of Robert Blust's field materials include audio recordings and written materials for Titan
- Paradisec has a number of collections with Titan language materials.
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- * indicates proposed status
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