# Timbe language

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Papuan language

For the language of Brazil, see [Timbé language](/source/Timb%C3%A9_language).

Timbe Native to Papua New Guinea Region Huon Peninsula, Morobe Province Native speakers (11,000 cited 1991)[1] Language family Trans–New Guinea Finisterre–Huon Huon Western Huon Timbe Language codes ISO 639-3 tim Glottolog timb1251

**Timbe** is a [Papuan language](/source/Papuan_languages) spoken in [Morobe Province](/source/Morobe_Province), [Papua New Guinea](/source/Papua_New_Guinea). Women and older men are monolingual.

## Phonology

### Consonants

Labial Dental/ Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal Plosive voiceless p t̪ k voiced b d̪ ɡ prenasal ᵐb ⁿ̪d̪ ᵑɡ Nasal m n̪ ŋ Fricative s h Lateral l 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/.[2]

### Vowels

Front Back High i u Mid e o Low a ɔ

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-e18_1-0)** [Timbe](https://www.ethnologue.com/18/language/tim/) at *[Ethnologue](/source/Ethnologue)* (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Foster, Margaret & Mick (1972). *Timbe phonemics*. SIL.

## External links

- [Timbe Grammar Sketch](http://www-01.sil.org/pacific/png/pubs/928474531218/Timbe_grammar.pdf)

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