Ese Ejja

Ese Ejja is a Pano-Tacanan language spoken in Peru and Bolivia, by about 700 people. Glottolog rates it threatened.

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Ese Ejja · 11.7°S 67.5°W

Ese Ejja (Ese'eha, Eseʼexa, Ese exa), also known as Tiatinagua (Tatinawa), is a Tacanan language of Bolivia and Peru. It is spoken by Ese Ejja people of all ages. Dialects are Guacanawa (Guarayo/Huarayo), Baguaja, Echoja, and possibly extinct Chama, Chuncho, Huanayo, Kinaki, and Mohino. Chunene is "similar" to Ese Ejja, though whether a dialect or a separate language is not clear.

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Written down

Ojjaña esejja ojjaña oyaja yojjaya cuayani quiapame oyajayojjaya quiapame ojjaña eseya quiapame quia tai jjashauabataiquiani ecueya epejji jayo jjaya ojjaña jajji ojjañajaassi eseyajayojja.

Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).

Words in Ese Ejja

Meaning	Word	Romanization
woman	epona
person	eseexa*
eye	koxa*
ear	Saxa*
tooth	se*
tongue	yana*
hand	me*
blood	na*
bone	sa*
skin	he*
knee	kwi7o*
breast	toxo*
liver	kakwa*
water	ena
fire	kwaki*
sun	Seti*
star	Cice*
stone	saso*
mountain	bawa*
tree	akwi*
leaf	akwi7i5a*
night	sinekwa*
dog	i5awewa*
fish	na7o*
louse	bia*
one	owe*
two	biawe*
I	eya*
you	miya*
we	ekwana*