Mandara language

Mandara
Mandara
Tabar
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Tabar Group, New Ireland Province
Native speakers	4,000 (2000 census)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Western Meso-Melanesian (New Ireland) Tabar Mandara; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Simberi; Tatau; Tabar;
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	tbf
Glottolog	mand1440

Mandara, also known as Tabar, is an Austronesian language spoken on the Tabar Group of islands, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea. Three dialects have been identified, Simberi, Tatau and Tabar, corresponding to the three main islands in the group.^[2]^[3] Recently, a written form of Mandara has been made by a Korean missionary. So far, about 3000 people are literate in this form of Mandara, and a Bible has been published in it as well.

References

^ Mandara at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Lewis (ed.), M. Paul. "Ethnologue: Languages of the World - Mandara". SIL International. Retrieved 17 September 2010. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
^ Brown (ed.), Keith (2006). Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics (PDF). Elsevier. p. i. ISBN 978-0-08-044854-1. {{cite book}}: |last= has generic name (help)

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[e18-1] Mandara at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[MandaraSIL-2] Lewis (ed.), M. Paul. "Ethnologue: Languages of the World - Mandara". SIL International. Retrieved 17 September 2010. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)

[ellmap157-2-3] Brown (ed.), Keith (2006). Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics (PDF). Elsevier. p. i. ISBN 978-0-08-044854-1. {{cite book}}: |last= has generic name (help)

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