Timbe language

{{Infobox language

|name = Timbe

|nativename =

|states = Papua New Guinea

|region = Huon Peninsula, Morobe Province

|speakers = 11,000

|date=1991

|ref=e18

|familycolor = Papuan

|fam1 = Trans–New Guinea

|fam2 = Finisterre–Huon

|fam3 = Huon

|fam4 = Western Huon

|iso3 = tim

|glotto=timb1251

|glottorefname=Timbe

}}

Timbe is a Papuan language spoken in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. Women and older men are monolingual.

Phonology

= Consonants =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! colspan="2" \| !Labial !Dental/ Alveolar !Palatal !Velar !Glottal
rowspan="3" \|Plosive !voiceless \|p \|t̪ \| \|k \|
voiced \|b \|d̪ \| \|ɡ \|
prenasal \|ᵐb \|ⁿ̪d̪ \| \|ᵑɡ \|
colspan="2" \|Nasal \|m \|n̪ \| \|ŋ \|
colspan="2" \|Fricative \| \|s \| \| \|h
colspan="2" \|Lateral \| \|l \| \| \|
colspan="2" \|Approximant \|w \| \|j \| \|

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! colspan="2" |

rowspan="3" |Plosive

!voiceless

|p

|t̪

|

|k

|

voiced

|b

|d̪

|

|ɡ

|

prenasal

|ᵐb

|ⁿ̪d̪

|

|ᵑɡ

|

colspan="2" |Nasal

|m

|n̪

|

|ŋ

|

colspan="2" |Fricative

|

|s

|

|h

colspan="2" |Lateral

|

|l

|

colspan="2" |Approximant

|w

|

|j

|

/b, d̪, ɡ/ can be lenited as [β, ɾ~r, ɣ] in intervocalic positions.
/t̪, d̪/ are heard as [tʃ, dʒ] when following /ŋ/.{{Cite book |last=Foster |first=Margaret & Mick |title=Timbe phonemics |publisher=SIL |year=1972}}