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Western Oceanic language From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Madak, also known as Mandak, is an Austronesian language spoken in New Ireland, Papua New Guinea. The Library of Congress subject classification uses Mandak.
Madak | |
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Region | New Ireland |
Native speakers | (3,000 cited 1985)[1] |
Austronesian
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | mmx |
Glottolog | mada1285 |
Additionally, Madak has the following diphthongs: /ei/, /ai/, /iu/, /ao/, /au/.
Stress is predictable, occurring on the second syllable. Syllables containing the consonants /ɣ/, /β/, or /r/ are skipped when determining stress.[2]
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