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] Recently, 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.
mandara, language, confused, with, chadic, mandara, also, known, tabar, austronesian, language, spoken, tabar, group, islands, ireland, province, papua, guinea, three, dialects, have, been, identified, simberi, tatau, tabar, corresponding, three, main, islands. Not to be confused with Mandara language Chadic 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 Recently 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 MandaraTabarNative toPapua New GuineaRegionTabar Group New Ireland ProvinceNative speakers4 000 2000 census 1 Language familyAustronesian Malayo PolynesianOceanicWesternMeso Melanesian New Ireland TabarMandaraDialectsSimberi Tatau TabarWriting systemLatinLanguage codesISO 639 3 a href https iso639 3 sil org code tbf class extiw title iso639 3 tbf tbf a Glottologmand1440References Edit a b Mandara at Ethnologue 25th ed 2022 Brown Keith ed 2006 Encyclopedia of Language amp Linguistics PDF Elsevier p i ISBN 978 0 08 044854 1 This Papua New Guinea related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This article about Meso Melanesian languages is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mandara language amp oldid 1136674388, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
