Timbe language

For the language of Brazil, see Timbé language.

Timbe is a Papuan language spoken in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. Women and older men are monolingual.

Timbe
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Huon Peninsula, Morobe Province
Native speakers	(11,000 cited 1991)[1]
Language family	Trans–New Guinea Finisterre–Huon Huon Western Huon Timbe
Language codes
ISO 639-3	tim
Glottolog	timb1251

Phonology

Consonants

		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

	Front	Back
High	i	u
Mid	e	o
Low	a	ɔ