Timbe language
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Papuan language
For the language of Brazil, see Timbé language.
| Timbe | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Huon Peninsula, Morobe Province |
Native speakers | (11,000 cited 1991)[1] |
Trans–New Guinea
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | tim |
| Glottolog | timb1251 |
Timbe is a Papuan language spoken in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. Women and older men are monolingual.
Phonology
[edit ]Consonants
[edit ]| Labial | Dental/ Alveolar |
Palatal | Velar | Glottal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t̪ | k |
| voiced | b | d̪ | ɡ | |
| prenasal | mb | n̪d̪ | ŋɡ | |
| Nasal | m | n̪ | ŋ | |
| Fricative | s | h | ||
| Lateral | l | |||
| Approximant | w | j | ||
- /b, d̪, ɡ/ can be lenited as [β, ɾ~r, ɣ] in intervocalic positions.
- /t̪, d̪/ are heard as [tʃ, dʒ] when following /ŋ/.[2]
Vowels
[edit ]| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| High | i | u |
| Mid | e | o |
| Low | a | ɔ |
References
[edit ]- ^ Timbe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Foster, Margaret & Mick (1972). Timbe phonemics. SIL.