Ese language

Ese, or Managalasi, is a language of Oro Province, Papua New Guinea. Dialects are Muaturaina, Chimona, Dea, Akabafa, Nami, Mesari, Averi, Afore, Minjori, Oko, Wakue, Numba, Jimuni, Karira. Perhaps 40% of speakers are monolingual.

Ese
RegionOro Province, Papua New Guinea
Native speakers
10,000 (2000)[1]
4,000 monolinguals (2001)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3mcq
Glottologesee1247

It is spoken in the Kawawoki Mission area of Popondetta.[1]

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
  • Allophones of phonemes /β, tɕ, dʑ, ɾ/ exist as [b, ts, ɖʐ, ɺ].

Vowels
Front Back
High i u
Mid e o
Low a
  • A central vowel sound [ʉ] can be heard as a result of /i/ preceding /u/.
  • Allophones of /e, a, o/, exist as [ɛ ə ɔ].
  • A semivowel sound [w] occurs when /u/ precedes a stressed vowel.[2]


Further reading
  • Parlier, James. 1970. Managalasi sentences. Manuscript. Ukarumpa: SIL-PNG.
  • Parlier, Judith and James Parlier. 1981. Managalasi Dictionary. Ukarumpa: SIL-PNG.

References
  1. Ese at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) closed access
  2. Parlier, Jim; Parlier, Judy (1963). Managalasi Phonology. SIL.


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