Mandara

TBF

educational

Alternate Names: Madara, Tabar

Dialects: Simberi, Tabar, Tatau.

Genealogy:

Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Oceanic
Western Oceanic
Meso Melanesian
New Ireland
Lavongai-Nalik

Demographics: 4,000 (2000 census).

Language Development: 6 Mandara preparatory schools, 7 primary schools. NT: 2009.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Papua New Guinea