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 2

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 NERFINISHED
geographicDistribution coastal areas of Manus Island
offshore islets near Manus Island
glottologName Titan NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Manus-Titan NERFINISHED
Titan of Manus NERFINISHED
hasCulturalAssociation Manus maritime culture
traditional navigation practices of Manus people
hasGlottocode tita1241
hasMorphologyType agglutinative
hasNeighboringLanguage Lele language (Manus) NERFINISHED
Loniu language NERFINISHED
Nyindrou language NERFINISHED
Pak-Tong language
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length (reported for many Oceanic languages; specific details may vary)
hasTypology SVO word order
influencedBy Tok Pisin NERFINISHED
isEndangered true
ISO639-3Code ttv
languageFamily Austronesian languages
locatedIn Admiralty Islands NERFINISHED
Bismarck Archipelago NERFINISHED
macrofamily Austronesian languages
Malayo-Polynesian languages NERFINISHED
primaryUsage daily communication within Manus communities
region Manus Province NERFINISHED
spokenBy Manus people NERFINISHED
spokenIn Papua New Guinea NERFINISHED
spokenOn Manus Island NERFINISHED
subfamily Oceanic languages NERFINISHED
subgroup Admiralty Islands languages NERFINISHED
usedInDomain local trade and fishing activities
oral storytelling
traditional ceremonies of Manus people
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Manus people traditionalLanguage Titan language
Baluan Island hasLanguage Titan language