Not to be confused with Atemble language (Ramu).
Mand
Atemble
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionMadang Province
Native speakers
60 (2000)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3ate
Glottologatem1241
ELPMand
Lang Status 60-DE.svg
Mand is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
Coordinates: 5°05′32″S 144°46′29″E / 5.092351°S 144.774735°E / -5.092351; 144.774735 (Atemble)Coordinates: 5°05′32″S 144°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.

It is spoken in Atemble village (5°05′32″S 144°46′29″E / 5.092351°S 144.774735°E / -5.092351; 144.774735 (Atemble)) of Arabaka Rural LLG.[2][3]

Phonology[edit]

Vowels[edit]

[4]
Front Central Back
Close i ɨ u
Mid e (ə) o
Open a

References[edit]

  1. ^ Mand at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Papua New Guinea languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.
  3. ^ United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
  4. ^ Daniels, Don Roger (June 2015). "A Reconstruction of Proto-Sogeram". Alexandria Digital Research Library: 69–70.

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