lingvo.wikisort.org - LanguageEse, 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.
Baraic language spoken in Papua New Guinea
| Ese |
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| Region | Oro Province, Papua New Guinea |
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Native speakers | 10,000 (2000)[1]
4,000 monolinguals (no date)[2] |
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Language family | |
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| ISO 639-3 | mcq |
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| Glottolog | esee1247 |
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It is spoken in the Kawawoki Mission area of Popondetta.[3]
Phonology
Consonants
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Bilabial |
Alveolar |
Palatal |
Velar |
Glottal |
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| Stop |
p |
t |
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k |
ʔ |
| Affricate |
voiceless |
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tɕ |
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| voiced |
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dʑ |
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| Fricative |
β |
s |
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h |
| Nasal |
m |
n |
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| Tap |
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ɾ |
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- Allophones of phonemes /β, tɕ, dʑ, ɾ/ exist as [b, ts, ɖʐ, ɺ].
Vowels
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Front |
Back |
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| High |
i |
u |
| Mid |
e |
o |
| Low |
a |
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- 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.[4]
Further reading
- Parlier, James. 1970. Managalasi sentences. Manuscript. Ukarumpa: SIL-PNG.
- Parlier, Judith and James Parlier. 1981. Managalasi Dictionary. Ukarumpa: SIL-PNG.
References
- Ese at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- Ese language at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
- Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Papua New Guinea languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.
- Parlier, Jim; Parlier, Judy (1963). Managalasi Phonology. SIL.
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| Dagan | |
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