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Termanu is an Austronesian language spoken in Roti Island, off Timor, Indonesia. It belongs to the Rote–Meto subgroup of the Timoric variety of the Central–Eastern branch of Malayo-Polynesian languages spoken in the region. Speakers of Korbafo and Bokai dialects of Termanu are ethnically distinct.

Phonology

		Labial	Apical	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m	n	ŋ
Stop	voiceless	p	t	k	ʔ
	voiced	b	d̪
	prenasal	ᵐp ᵐb	ⁿd	ᵑɡ
Fricative		f	s		h
Lateral			l

Vowel length is also distributed.^[2]

^ Termanu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Fox, James J.; Grimes, Charles E. (1995). “Roti”. In Tryon, Darrell T. (ed.). Comparative Austronesian dictionary: an introduction to Austronesian studies. Vol. 1. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. pp. 611–621.

Fanggidaej, J. (1892). “Rottineesche Spraakkunst”. Bijdragen voor de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde van Nederlandsch Indië (in Dutch). 41: 554–571. doi:10.1163/22134379-90000187.
Jonker, J. C. G. (1908). Rottineesch–Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch). Leiden: E. J. Brill – via archive.org.
Jonker, J. C. G. (1915). Rottineesche Spraakkunst (in Dutch). Leiden: E. J. Brill.