Mand language

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Mand
Atemble
Native to Papua New Guinea
Region Madang Province
Native speakers
8 (2015) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 ate
Glottolog atem1241
ELP Mand
Lang Status 20-CR.svg
Mand is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
Coordinates: 5°05′32″S144°46′29″E / 5.092351°S 144.774735°E / -5.092351; 144.774735 (Atemble) Coordinates: 5°05′32″S144°46′29″E / 5.092351°S 144.774735°E / -5.092351; 144.774735 (Atemble)

Mand, or Atemble, is a Papuan language of Madang Province, Papua New Guinea.

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It is spoken in Atemble village ( 5°05′32″S144°46′29″E / 5.092351°S 144.774735°E / -5.092351; 144.774735 (Atemble) ) of Arabaka Rural LLG. [1] [2]

Phonology

Vowels

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References

  1. 1 2 Mand at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed Access logo transparent.svg
  2. United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
  3. Daniels, Don Roger (June 2015). "A Reconstruction of Proto-Sogeram". Alexandria Digital Research Library: 69–70.