Ese language

Ese
Region	Papua New Guinea
Native speakers	10,000 (2000)[1] 4,000 monolinguals (no date)[2]
Language family	Trans–New Guinea Koiarian Baraic Ese
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mcq
Glottolog	esee1247[3]

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

1. Ese at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
2. Ese language at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
3. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Ese". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.