Ese Ejja language
Ese’ejja | |
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Tiatinagua | |
Native to | Bolivia, Peru |
Region | Beni |
Ethnicity | Ese Ejja people |
Native speakers | 700 (2007)[1] |
Tacanan
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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
- ↑ Ese’ejja at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Ese Ejja". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
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