Tabar Group

The Tabar Group is an island group in Papua New Guinea, 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 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, New Ireland Province.
The Tabar Group is the area of origin of Malagan art. The local language is Mandara, ISO 639-3 language code "tbf", an Austronesian language. Three dialects have been identified, Simberi, Tatau and Tabar.