Ese Ejja people

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Ese Ejja
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Ese Ejja Village. Tambopata Rezerve, Peru
Total population
2,100 [1] [2]
Regions with significant populations
Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg  Bolivia (1,687), [2] Flag of Peru.svg  Peru (400-500) [1]
Languages
Ese EjjaSpanish
Religion
Christianity [ citation needed ] • Traditional Tribal Religion[ citation needed ]

The Ese Ejja are an indigenous people of Bolivia and Peru, in the southwestern Amazon basin. 1,687 Ese Ejja live in Bolivia, in the Pando and Beni Departments, [2] in the foothills along the Beni and the Madre de Dios Rivers. In Peru, they live along the Tambopata and Heath Rivers, near Puerto Maldonado. [1]

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Name

Their name derives from their autonym, Ece'je, which means "people."[ citation needed ] They are also known as the Chama, Ese Eja, Ese Exa, Ese’ejja, Huarayo, Tambopata-Guarayo, or Tiatinagua people. [1]

Language

The Ese Ejja language is a Tacanan language, spoken by all ages, and written in the Latin script. A dictionary has been produced for the language. [1]

Subsistence

Ese Ejja people are traditionally hunter-gatherers, farmers, rangers, and fishermen. [1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Ese Ejja." Ethnologue. Retrieved 17 Feb 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 "Censo de Población y Vivienda 2012 Bolivia Características de la Población". Instituto Nacional de Estadística, República de Bolivia. p. 29. Archived from the original on 2021-08-01. Retrieved 2020-03-27.

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