Titan language
| Titan | |
|---|---|
| Manus | |
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Manus & neighboring islands |
Native speakers | 3,900 (1992)[1] |
|
Austronesian
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
ttv |
| Glottolog |
tita1241[2] |
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'.
References
- 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.