Titan language
{{Short description|Austronesian language of Papua New Guinea}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Titan
|nativename=Manus
|states=Papua New Guinea
|region=Manus & neighboring islands
|speakers={{sigfig|5,100|2}}
|date=2000
|ref=e25
|familycolor=Austronesian
|fam2=Malayo-Polynesian
|fam3=Oceanic
|fam4=Admiralty Islands
|fam5=Eastern Admiralty Islands
|fam6=Manus
|fam7=East Manus
|iso3=ttv
|glotto=tita1241
|glottorefname=Titan
}}
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 {{IPA|[ⁿrakeiʔin]}} 'girls' and {{IPA|[ᵐʙutukei]}} 'wooden plate'.
Phonology
Phonology of the Titan language:
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|+ Consonant sounds ! rowspan="2" | ! colspan="2" | Labial ! rowspan="2" | Alveolar ! rowspan="2" |Palatal ! rowspan="2" | Velar ! rowspan="2" |Glottal |
| plain
!lab. |
|---|
| Plosive
|{{IPA link|p}} |({{IPA link|pʷ}}) |{{IPA link|t}} |{{IPA link|c}} |{{IPA link|k}} |({{IPA link|ʔ}}) |
| Nasal
| width="20px" style="border-right: 0;" |{{IPA link|m}} |({{IPA link|mʷ}}) | width="20px" style="border-right: 0;" |{{IPA link|n}} |{{IPA link|ɲ}} | width="20px" style="border-right: 0;" |{{IPA link|ŋ}} | |
| Fricative
| style="border-right: 0;" |{{IPA link|v}} | | style="border-right: 0;" |{{IPA link|s}} | | style="border-right: 0;" | |{{IPA link|h}} |
| Prenasalized Trill |{{IPA link|ᵐʙ}} | |{{IPA link|ⁿdr}} | | | |
| Trill
| | |{{IPA link|r}} | | | |
| Lateral
| | |{{IPA link|l}} | | | |
| Approximant
|{{IPA link|w}} | | |{{IPA link|j}} | | |
Consonant sounds in parentheses are only inferred to exist in Titan, or to exist in other dialects of Titan.
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|+Vowel sounds ! !Back |
| rowspan="2" |High
| align="center" |{{IPA link|i}} | || rowspan="2" align="center" |{{IPA link|u}} |
|---|
| {{IPA link|ɪ}}
| |
| Mid
| align="center" |{{IPA link|e}} | || align="center" |{{IPA link|o}} |
| Low
| |{{IPA link|a}} | align="center" | |
An /e/ sound may also be interchangeable with an open-mid sound /ɛ/.{{Cite book|title=Sivisa Titan: Sketch Grammar, Texts, Vocabulary Based on Material Collected by P. Josef Meier and Po Minis|last=Bowern|first=Claire|publisher=University of Hawai'i Press|year=2011}}
References
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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 [http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/collections/search?language_code=ttv a number of collections with Titan language materials].
{{Languages of Papua New Guinea}}
{{Admiralty Islands languages}}
Category:Languages of Manus Province
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