Titan language
| Titan | |
|---|---|
| Manus | |
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Manus & neighboring islands |
Native speakers | 5,100 (2000)[1] |
| 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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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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