Mandar

MDR

developing

Alternate Names: Andian, Mandharsche, Manjar

Dialects: Balanipa (Napo-Tinambung), Majene, Malunda, Pamboang, Sendana (Cenrana, Tjendana). A complex dialect grouping. May be more dialects than those listed. Balanipa and Sendana may each be more than 1 dialect. Balanipa is prestige dialect. Mandar, Mamuju ,, and Bambam , are separate languages in a language chain.

Genealogy:

Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
South Sulawesi
Northern
Mandar

Demographics: 475,000 (2000 census).

Language Development: Dictionary.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Indonesia

Other Comments: Muslim.