Mand language

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

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[2]
Coordinates: 5.092351°S 144.774735°E / -5.092351; 144.774735 (Atemble)

It is spoken in Atemble village (5.092351°S 144.774735°E / -5.092351; 144.774735 (Atemble)) of Arabaka Rural LLG.[3][4]

Phonology

Vowels
[5]
Front Central Back
Close i ɨ u
Mid e (ə) o
Open a

References
  1. Mand at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Endangered Languages Project data for Mand.
  3. 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.
  4. United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
  5. Daniels, Don Roger (June 2015). "A Reconstruction of Proto-Sogeram". Alexandria Digital Research Library: 69–70.


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