Tabar Group
| Tabar Group | |
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| Elevation | 622 m (2,040 ft) |
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| Location | Papua New Guinea |
The Tabar Group is an island group in Papua New Guinea, located 40 km north of New Ireland. It is a part of the Bismarck Archipelago. The Tabar group consists of a short chain of three main islands - Tabar Island (aka Big Tabar) in the south, Tatau Island in the center, and Simberi Island in the north - as well as a number of smaller offshore islets. The highest peak is Mount Beirari with 622 metres.
The population of the island group was 3,920 at the 2000 Census.[1] The Tabar Group is administered by the Sentral Niu Ailan Rural Local Level Government (LLG).
The Tabar Group is the area of origin of Malagan art.[2] The local language is Mandara (also known as Tabar), ISO 639-3 language code "tbf", an Austronesian language. Three dialects have been identified, Simberi, Tatau and Tabar.[3][4]
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- ^ PNG National Statistic Office: Census Unit Register, 2000
- ^ Gunn, Michael; Phillipe Feltier (2006). New Ireland: Art of the South Pacific. Milan: Continents Editions. ISBN 88-7439-369-5.
- ^ Lewis (ed.), M. Paul. "Ethnologue: Languages of the World - Mandara". SIL International. http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=tbf. Retrieved 17 September 2010.
- ^ Brown (ed.), Keith (2006). Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics. Elsevier. p. i. ISBN 978-0-08-044854-1. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=PdfExcerptURL&_imagekey=B7T84-4M3C3K0-10D-1&_uoikey=B7T84-4M3C3K0-10D&_piikey=B0080448542093573&_cdi=27028&_user=10&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_userid=10&md5=38595fa49820cf34d73546fff5fad743&ie=/excerpt.pdf.
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Coordinates: 2°50′S 152°00′E / 2.833°S 152°E
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