Titan language

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Titan language is an Austronesian language spoken by the Manus people of Manus Island in Papua New Guinea.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Titan language canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austronesian language
natural language
contactLanguage Tok Pisin
continent Oceania
country Papua New Guinea
endangermentStatus vulnerable (approximate; degree of shift to Tok Pisin/English may vary)
ethnicGroup Manus people
geographicDistribution coastal areas of Manus Island
offshore islets near Manus Island
glottologName Titan
hasAlternativeName Manus-Titan
Titan of Manus
hasCulturalAssociation Manus maritime culture
traditional navigation practices of Manus people
hasGlottocode tita1241
hasMorphologyType agglutinative
hasNeighboringLanguage Lele language (Manus)
linked to: Lele language

Loniu language
Nyindrou language
Pak-Tong language
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length (reported for many Oceanic languages; specific details may vary)
hasTypology SVO word order
influencedBy Tok Pisin
isEndangered true
ISO639-3Code ttv
languageFamily Austronesian languages
locatedIn Admiralty Islands
Bismarck Archipelago
macrofamily Austronesian languages
Malayo-Polynesian languages
primaryUsage daily communication within Manus communities
region Manus Province
spokenBy Manus people
spokenIn Papua New Guinea
spokenOn Manus Island
subfamily Oceanic languages
subgroup Admiralty Islands languages
usedInDomain local trade and fishing activities
oral storytelling
traditional ceremonies of Manus people
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Manus people traditionalLanguage Titan language
Baluan Island hasLanguage Titan language