Ese Ejja is a Tacanan language spoken by about 1,500 people mainly along the Madre de Dios and Beni rivers and their tributaries in northern Bolivia and southern Peru. In particular, it is spoken in José Ballivián and Vaca Diez provinces in Beni Department, in Madre de Dios Province in Pando Department and in La Paz Department in Bolivia, and in the departments of Madre de Dios and Puno in Peru.
Ese Ejja is also known as Ese'eha, Ese'exa, Ese exa, Tiatinagua, Tatinawa, Chama or Huarayo. Dialects include Madidi, Sonene and Baawaja. It is written with the Latin alphabet. In some areas, people of all ages speak Ese Ejja, however in others, children are more likely to speak Spanish.
Download an alphabet chart for Ese Ejja (Excel)
Ojjaña esejja ojjaña oyaja yojjaya cuayani quiapame oyajayojjaya quiapame ojjaña eseya quiapame quia tai jjashauabataiquiani ecueya epejji jayo jjaya ojjaña jajji ojjañajaassi eseyajayojja.
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)
Information about Ese Ejja
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ese_Ejja_language
https://www.elararchive.org/dk0258
https://shs.hal.science/tel-05248962v1
https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/esee1248
http://www.language-archives.org/language/ese
https://www.sil.org/resources/search/language/ese
https://www.academia.edu/14818700/Vuillermet M 2012 A grammar of Ese Ejja a Takanan language of the Bolivian Amazon PhD Diss Université Lumière Lyon 2 756p
Araona, Ese Ejja, Reyesano, Tacana
Languages written with the Latin alphabet
Page created: 27.02.26. Last modified: 06.03.26
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