Major General James G. Blunt

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^[2]
	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^[2]
	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.^[2]

References

^ Madak at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ ^a ^b ^c Lee, Robert (1994). Madak Organised Phonology Data. SIL International.

External links

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

[e18-1] Madak at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[:0-2] Lee, Robert (1994). Madak Organised Phonology Data. SIL International.

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