Tabar Group

Tabar Group
	From north to south, the islands are Simberi, Tatau and Tabar.
	The Tabar Group is to the north of New Ireland
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Geography
Location	South Pacific Ocean
Coordinates	2°49′S 151°57′E / 2.817°S 151.950°E
Archipelago	Bismarck Archipelago
Major islands	3
Highest elevation	622 m (2041 ft)
Highest point	Mount Beirari
Administration
	Papua New Guinea
Region	Islands Region
Province	New Ireland Province
District	Namatanai District
LLG	Sentral Niu Ailan Rural LLG

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)

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[1] PNG National Statistic Office: Census Unit Register, 2000

[2] Gunn, Michael; Phillipe Feltier (2006). New Ireland: Art of the South Pacific. Milan: Continents Editions. ISBN 978-88-7439-369-5.

[MandaraSIL-3] Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). "Ethnologue: Languages of the World - Mandara". SIL International. Retrieved 17 September 2010.

[ellmap157-2-4] Brown, Keith, ed. (2006). Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics (PDF). Elsevier. p. i. ISBN 978-0-08-044854-1.

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