Ese Ejja language

Ese’ejja
Tiatinagua
Native to Bolivia, Peru
Region Beni
Ethnicity Ese Ejja people
Native speakers
700 (2007)[1]
Tacanan
  • Ese’ejja
Language codes
ISO 639-3 ese
Glottolog esee1248[2]

Ese Ejja (Ese’eha, Eseʼexa, Ese exa), also known as Tiatinagua (Tatinawa), is a Tacanan language of Bolivia and Peru. It is spoken by all ages of Ese Ejja people. Dialects are Guacanawa (Guarayo/Huarayo), Baguaja, Echoja, and possibly extinct Chama, Chuncho, Huanayo, Kinaki, and Mohino.

Ese Ejja has ejective consonants such as /kʼ/ as well as voiceless implosives such as /ɓ̥/.

Notes

  1. Ese’ejja at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Ese Ejja". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
Ese Ejja language test of Wikipedia at Wikimedia Incubator


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