Madak language

Madak
Region	New Ireland
Native speakers	(3,000 cited 1985)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Western Meso-Melanesian (New Ireland) Madak languages Madak
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mmx
Glottolog	mada1285

Madak, also known as Mandak, is an Austronesian language spoken in New Ireland, Papua New Guinea. The Library of Congress subject classification uses Mandak.

Phonology

Consonants

	Labial	Alveolar	Velar	Glottal
Plosive	p b	t d	k g	(ʔ ⟨'⟩)
Fricative	β ⟨v⟩	s	ɣ ⟨x⟩
Nasal	m	n	ŋ ⟨ng⟩
Approximant		r, l

• /ʔ/ only appears word-finally.
• The voiced plosives /b d g/ are prenasalised [ᵐb ⁿd ᵑg] word-medially.
• The unvoiced plosives /p t k/ are unreleased [p̚ t̚ k̚] when in syllable codas.

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
High	i		u
Mid	e		o
Low		a

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.

External links

• Kaipuleohone's Robert Blust collection includes written notes on Madak, listed in the collection as Mandak