Madak language

Madak
Region	New Ireland
Native speakers	(3,000 cited 1985) [1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Western Meso-Melanesian (New Ireland) Madak languages Madak
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mmx
Glottolog	mada1285

Madak, also known as Mandak, is an Austronesian language spoken in New Ireland, Papua New Guinea. The Library of Congress subject classification uses Mandak.

Phonology

Consonants ^[2]

	Labial	Alveolar	Velar	Glottal
Plosive	p b	t d	k g	( ʔ ⟨'⟩)
Fricative	β ⟨v⟩	s	ɣ ⟨x⟩
Nasal	m	n	ŋ ⟨ng⟩
Approximant		r , l

• /ʔ/ only appears word-finally.
• The voiced plosives /b d g/ are prenasalised [ᵐb ⁿd ᵑg] word-medially.
• The unvoiced plosives /p t k/ are unreleased [p̚ t̚ k̚] when in syllable codas.

Vowels ^[2]

	Front	Central	Back
High	i		u
Mid	e		o
Low		a

Additionally, Madak has the following diphthongs: /ei/, /ai/, /iu/, /ao/, /au/.

Stress is predictable, occurring on the second syllable. Syllables containing the consonants /ɣ/, /β/, or /r/ are skipped when determining stress. ^[2]

References

1. Madak at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. Lee, Robert (1994). Madak Organised Phonology Data. SIL International.

External links

• Kaipuleohone's Robert Blust collection includes written notes on Madak, listed in the collection as Mandak