Ese language
Appearance
Ese | |
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Region | Oro Province, Papua New Guinea |
Native speakers | 10,000 (2000)[1] 4,000 monolinguals (2001)[1] |
Trans–New Guinea
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | mcq |
Glottolog | esee1247 |
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.
It is spoken in the Kawawoki Mission area of Popondetta.[1]
Phonology
Consonants
Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
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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
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Ese at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Parlier, Jim; Parlier, Judy (1963). Managalasi Phonology. SIL.