Titan language


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 'girls' and 'wooden plate'.

Phonology

Phonology of the Titan language:
Consonant sounds in parentheses are only inferred to exist in Titan, or to exist in other dialects of Titan.
FrontCentralBack
High
High
Mid
Low

An /e/ sound may also be interchangeable with an open-mid sound /ɛ/.