Ese language
| Ese | |
|---|---|
| Region | Papua New Guinea |
Native speakers | 10,000 (2000)[1] 4,000 monolinguals (no date)[2] |
Trans–New Guinea
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mcq |
| Glottolog | esee1247 |
Ese, or Managalasi, is a language of 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.
References
- ^ Ese at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Ese language at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
