Ma Manda language

{{Short description|Finisterre language of Papua New Guinea}}

{{distinguish|Sauk language (Algonquian)}}

{{Infobox language

|name = Sauk

|altname = Ma Manda

|states = Papua New Guinea

|region = Morobe Province

|ethnicity =

|speakers = 1,600

|date = 2018

|ref = e25

|familycolor = Papuan

|fam1 = Trans–New Guinea

|fam2 = Finisterre–Huon

|fam3 = Finisterre

|fam4 = Erap

|iso3 = skc

|glotto = sauk1252

|glottorefname = Ma Manda

}}

Sauk, or Ma Manda, is one of the Finisterre languages of Papua New Guinea.

Many works on this language have conducted by Ryan Pennigton, include a detailed grammar that was published 2016.{{Cite thesis |last=Pennington |first=Ryan |title=A grammar of Ma Manda: a Papuan language of Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea |date=2016 |degree=PhD thesis |publisher=James Cook University |url=https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/48926/ }}