| Mandara | |
|---|---|
| Spoken in | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Tabar Group, New Ireland Province |
| Native speakers | 2,500 (1985) |
| Language family | |
| Dialects |
Simberi
Tatau
Tabar
|
| Writing system | Latin |
| 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]