# Titan language

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This article is about the Austronesian language spoken in Papua New Guinea. For the Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia, see [Manus language (Indonesia)](/source/Manus_language_(Indonesia)).

**Titan**, also known as **Manus**, is an [East Manus language](/source/East_Manus_languages) of the [Austronesian language family](/source/Austronesian_languages) spoken in the southeastern part of [Manus Island](/source/Manus_Island), [New Guinea](/source/New_Guinea), and neighboring islands by about 4,000 people.

Titan has a [bilabial trill](/source/Bilabial_trill) and [prenasalized consonants](/source/Prenasalized_consonant), as in [ⁿrakeiʔin] 'girls' and [ᵐʙutukei] 'wooden plate'.

## Phonology

Phonology of the Titan language:

Consonant sounds 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.

Vowel sounds 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/.[1]

## References

1. 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

- 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](/source/Kaipuleohone)'s collection of [Robert Blust](/source/Robert_Blust)'s field materials include [audio recordings](https://hdl.handle.net/10125%2F4683) and [written materials](https://hdl.handle.net/10125%2F33171) for Titan
- [Paradisec](/source/Paradisec) has [a number of collections with Titan language materials](http://catalog.paradisec.org.au/collections/search?language_code=ttv).

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