Mandara language

Not to be confused with Mandara languages.

Mandara
Spoken in	Papua New Guinea
Region	Tabar Group, New Ireland Province
Native speakers	2,500  (1985)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Western Meso-Melanesian New Ireland Lavongai–Nalik Mandara
Dialects	Simberi Tatau Tabar
Writing system	Latin alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-3	tbf

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.^[1][2]

References

1. ^ 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. 
2. ^ 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. 

External links

• Mandara language at Ethnologue