Titan language
# 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 [ⁿrakeiʔin] 'girls' and [ᵐʙutukei] 'wooden plate'.

## Phonology

Phonology of the Titan language:

Consonant sounds :

| | Labial | Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | plain | lab. | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal |
| 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 |
| High | ɪ | | u |
| Mid | e | | o |
| Low | | a | |

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

