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Mandar

A language of Indonesia (Sulawesi)

ISO 639-3: mdr

Population	200,000 (1985).
Region	West Sulawesi, Majene and Polewali-Mamasa districts, Mamuju District, a few settlements; Pangkep District islands, and Ujung Lero near Pare-Pare.
Language maps	Indonesia, Sulawesi, reference number 61 Indonesia, Sulawesi, reference number 61
Alternate names	Andian, Mandharsche, Manjar
Dialects	Majene, Balanipa (Napo-Tinambung), Malunda, Pamboang, Sendana (Cenrana, Tjendana). A complex dialect grouping, there may be more dialects than those listed. Balanipa and Sendana may each be more than 1 dialect. Balanipa is the prestige dialect. Mandar, Mamuju [mqx], and Bambam [ptu] are separate languages in a language chain.
Classification	Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, South Sulawesi, Northern, Mandar
Language development	Dictionary.
Writing system	Buginese script.
Comments	Fishermen; agriculturalists: cacao, maize, cassava; copra production. Muslim.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

BAʼDULU, Abdul Muis, author. 1990. "Frase verba bahasa mandar majene."

FRIBERG, Barbara, author. 1991. "Ergativity, focus and verb morphology in several South Sulawesi languages."

LEE, Jason Kwok Loong, author. 2006. "Transitivity, valence and voice in Mandar."  

LEE, Jason Kwok Loong, author. 2008. "Transitivity, valence and voice in Mandar."

STRØMME, Kare J.; VALKAMA, Kari, authors. 1987. UNHAS-SIL sociolinguistic survey: Kabupaten Polewali Mamasa, southwestern section and Kabupaten Majene.