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    Mand language

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    Not to be confused with Atemble language (Ramu).
    Mand
    Atemble
    Native toPapua New Guinea
    RegionMadang Province
    Native speakers
    		8 (2015)[1]
    Language family
    Trans–New Guinea
    • Madang
      • Southern Adelbert
        • Sogeram
          • West
            • Mand
    Language codes
    ISO 639-3ate
    Glottologatem1241
    ELPMand
    Mand is classified as Critically 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)

    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.[1][2]

    Phonology

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    Vowels

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    [3]
    Front Central Back
    Close i ɨ u
    Mid e (ə) o
    Open a

    References

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    1. ^ a b Mand at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
    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.
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