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Titan language

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Native to
  
ISO 639-3
  
ttv

Native speakers
  
(3,900 cited 1992)

Glottolog
  
tita1241

Region
  
Manus & neighboring islands

Language family
  
AustronesianMalayo-PolynesianOceanicAdmiralty IslandsEastern Admiralty IslandsManusEast ManusTitan

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'.

References

Titan language Wikipedia


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