Mand language

{{Short description|Sogeram language spoken in Papua New Guinea}}

{{distinguish|Atemble language (Ramu)}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Mand

|nativename=Atemble

|states=Papua New Guinea

|region=Madang Province

|coordinates={{coord|-5.092351|144.774735|type:city_region:PG_source:enwiki|name=Atemble|display=inline,title}}

|speakers=8

|date=2015

|ref=e25

|familycolor=Papuan

|fam1=Trans–New Guinea

|fam2=Madang

|fam3=Southern Adelbert

|fam4=Sogeram

|fam5=West

|map2=Lang Status 20-CR.svg

|mapcaption2={{center|{{small|Mand is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger}}}}

|iso3=ate

|glotto=atem1241

|glottorefname=Mand

}}

Mand, or Atemble, is a Papuan language of Madang Province, Papua New Guinea.

It is spoken in Atemble village ({{coord|-5.092351|144.774735|type:city_region:PG|name=Atemble}}) of Arabaka Rural LLG.{{cite web |url=https://data.humdata.org/dataset/village-coordinates-lookup |title=Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup |author=United Nations in Papua New Guinea |work=Humanitarian Data Exchange |version=1.31.9 |date=2018}}

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