Tabar Group

{{Short description|Island group in Papua New Guinea}}

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| name = Tabar Group

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| image_name = Tabar Islands, Papua New Guinea, Sentinel-2.jpg

| image_size = 200px

| image_caption = From north to south, the islands are Simberi, Tatau and Tabar.

| image_map = NewIrelandOMC.png

| map = Papua New Guinea New Britain and Ireland#Papua New Guinea

| map_caption = The Tabar Group is to the north of New Ireland

| location = South Pacific Ocean

| coordinates = {{coord|2|49|S|151|57|E|dim:50000_region:PG|display=inline,title}}

| archipelago = Bismarck Archipelago

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| major_islands = 3

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| elevation_m = 622

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| highest_mount = Mount Beirari

| country = {{PNG}}

| country_admin_divisions_title = Region

| country_admin_divisions = Islands Region

| country_admin_divisions_title_1 = Province

| country_admin_divisions_1 = New Ireland Province

| country_admin_divisions_title_2 = District

| country_admin_divisions_2 = Namatanai District

| country_admin_divisions_title_3 = LLG

| country_admin_divisions_3 = Sentral Niu Ailan Rural LLG

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The Tabar Group is an island group in Papua New Guinea, located {{cvt|40|km}} 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 {{cvt|622.|m}}.

The population of the island group was 3,920 at the 2000 Census.PNG National Statistic Office: Census Unit Register, 2000 The Tabar Group is administered by the Sentral Niu Ailan Rural Local Level Government (LLG), New Ireland Province.

The Tabar Group is the area of origin of Malagan art.{{cite book

| last = Gunn

| first = Michael

| author2 = Phillipe Feltier

| title = New Ireland: Art of the South Pacific

| publisher = Continents Editions

| year = 2006

| location = Milan

| isbn = 978-88-7439-369-5

| url-access = registration

| url = https://archive.org/details/newirelandartofs0000unse

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The local language is Mandara (also known as Tabar), ISO 639-3 language code "tbf", an Austronesian language. Three dialects have been identified, Simberi, Tatau and Tabar.{{cite web|url=http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=tbf|title=Ethnologue: Languages of the World - Mandara|editor-last=Lewis|editor-first=M. Paul|publisher=SIL International|access-date=17 September 2010}}{{cite book|editor-last=Brown|editor-first=Keith |title=Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics|url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=PdfExcerptURL&_imagekey=B7T84-4M3C3K0-10D-1&_uoikey=B7T84-4M3C3K0-10D&_piikey=B0080448542093573&_cdi=27028&_user=10&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_userid=10&md5=38595fa49820cf34d73546fff5fad743&ie=/excerpt.pdf|year=2006|publisher=Elsevier|isbn=978-0-08-044854-1|page=i}}