| Mandara | |
|---|---|
| Tabar | |
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Tabar Group,New Ireland Province |
Native speakers | (4,000 cited 2000 census)[1] |
Austronesian
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| Dialects |
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| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | tbf |
| Glottolog | mand1440 |
Mandara, also known asTabar, is anAustronesian language spoken on theTabar 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]Recently,[when?] a written form of Mandara has been made by a Korean missionary. So far, about 3,000 people are literate in this form of Mandara, and a Bible has been published in it as well.
The Simberi-Northern Tatau dialect has 14phonemic consonants and 7 phonemic vowels. The language has foursyllable patterns: V, CV, VC and CVC.[3]: 8
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Velar | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | /m/ | /n/ | /ŋ/ | |||
| Plosive | Voiceless | /p/ | /t/ | /k/ | ||
| Voicedpre-nasalized | /ᵐb/ | /ⁿd/ | /ᵑɡ/ | |||
| Affricate | /t͡s/ | |||||
| Fricative | /β/ | /s/ | ||||
| Flap | /ɾ/ | |||||
| Lateral | /l/ | |||||
The final syllable of a word receivesstress. There is no evidence ofphonemic stress.[3]: 9
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