Ese language

Ese
RegionOro Province, Papua New Guinea
Native speakers
(10,000 cited 2000)
4,000 monolinguals (2001)
Language codes
ISO 639-3mcq
Glottologesee1247

Ese is a language of Oro Province, Papua New Guinea. Although it is also known as Managalasi, which the Summer Institute of Linguistics regards as pejorative possibly because it is a corruption of Hiri Motu phrase meaning the equivalent of "know nothings", the term "Upper Managalasi" indicates Ömie, another member of Baraic languages. Dialects are Muaturaina, Chimona, Dea, Akabafa, Nami, Mesari, Averi, Afore, Minjori, Oko, Wakue, Numba, Jimuni, Karira. Perhaps 40% of speakers are monolingual.

It is spoken in the Kawawoki Mission area of Popondetta.

Phonology

Consonants

Bilabial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Stop/
Affricate		 voiceless p t tɕ k ʔ
voiced dʑ
Fricative β s h
Nasal m n
Tap ɾ

Vowels

Front Back
High i u
Mid e o
Low a

Further reading

References

  1. 1 2 3 Ese at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ↑ Rohatynskyj, Marta (2023). Ömie Sex Affiliation: A Papuan Nature. New York: Berghahn Books. p. 50. doi:10.3167/9781800736603. ISBN 9781800736603.
  3. ↑ Ömie at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  4. ↑ Parlier, Jim; Parlier, Judy (1963). Managalasi Phonology. SIL.