The Tabar Group is an island group in
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...
, located 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 .
The population of the island group was 3,920 at the 2000 Census. The Tabar Group is administered by the
Sentral Niu Ailan Rural Local Level Government (LLG).
The Tabar Group is the area of origin of
Malagan
Malagan (also spelled malangan or malanggan) ceremonies are large, intricate traditional cultural events that take place in parts of New Ireland province in Papua New Guinea. The word malagan refers to wooden carvings prepared for ceremonies an ...
art.
[
] The local language is
Mandara (also known as Tabar),
ISO 639-3
ISO 639-3:2007, ''Codes for the representation of names of languages – Part 3: Alpha-3 code for comprehensive coverage of languages'', is an international standard for language codes in the ISO 639 series. It defines three-letter codes for ...
language code "tbf", an
Austronesian language. Three dialects have been identified, Simberi, Tatau and Tabar.
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Islands of Papua New Guinea
New Ireland Province
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