| Ese | |
| Region: | Oro Province, Papua New Guinea |
| Speakers: | 10,000 |
| Date: | 2000 |
| Ref: | e25 |
| Speakers2: | 4,000 monolinguals (2001) |
| Familycolor: | Papuan |
| Fam1: | Trans–New Guinea |
| Fam2: | Koiarian |
| Fam3: | Baraic |
| Iso3: | mcq |
| Glotto: | esee1247 |
| Glottorefname: | Ese |
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",[1] 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.
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop/ Affricate | voiceless | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | |
| voiced | pronounced as /ink/ | ||||||
| Fricative | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | ||||
| Nasal | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | |||||
| Tap | pronounced as /ink/ | ||||||
| Front | Back | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| High | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | |
| Mid | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | |
| Low | pronounced as /ink/ |