The Tabar Group is an island group in Papua New Guinea, located 40 km (25 mi) north of New Ireland. It is a part of the Bismarck Archipelago. The Tabar group consists of a short chain of three main islands – Tabar Island (a.k.a. Big Tabar) in the south, Tatau Island in the center, and Simberi Island in the north – as well as a number of smaller offshore islets. The highest peak is Mount Beirari at 622 m (2,041 ft).
The population of the island group was 3,920 at the 2000 Census.[1] The Tabar Group is administered by the Sentral Niu Ailan Rural Local Level Government (LLG), New Ireland Province.
The Tabar Group is the area of origin of Malagan art.[2] The local language is Mandara (also known as Tabar), ISO 639-3 language code “tbf”, an Austronesian language. Three dialects have been identified, Simberi, Tatau and Tabar.[3][4]
References
- ^ PNG National Statistic Office: Census Unit Register, 2000
- ^ Gunn, Michael; Phillipe Feltier (2006). New Ireland: Art of the South Pacific. Milan: Continents Editions. ISBN 978-88-7439-369-5.
- ^ Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). “Ethnologue: Languages of the World – Mandara”. SIL International. Retrieved 17 September 2010.
- ^ Brown, Keith, ed. (2006). Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics (PDF). Elsevier. p. i. ISBN 978-0-08-044854-1.
External links
- Tabar Islands auf oceandots.com at the Wayback Machine (archived December 23, 2010)
Islands of Papua New Guinea | |
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| Bismarck Archipelago | |
| Louisiade Archipelago | |
| North Solomon Islands | |
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