Ikizu language
Bantu language spoken in Tanzania
| Ikizu | |
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| Ikikizu | |
| Native to | Tanzania |
Native speakers | 53,000 (2009)[1] |
Language family | Niger–Congo?
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| ISO 639-3 | ikz |
| Glottolog | ikiz1238 |
JE.402,404[2] | |
| ELP | Ikizu |
Ikizu (Ikikizu, Kiikiizo) is a Bantu language spoken by the Ikizu peoples of Tanzania. Dialects are Ikizu proper and Sizaki. Maho (2009) treats Sizaki (Shashi) as a separate language. However, Ethnologue 16th edition retired the ISO code for Sizaki, merging it into Ikizu.
Orthography
Ikizu uses the Latin alphabet. It does not include the letters Q, V, or X. The letters B and C are only used in the forms Bh and Ch.
References
Sources
- Sewangi, Seleman S. (2008). Kiikiizo: Msamiati wa Kiikiizo–Kiingereza–Kiswahili na Kiingereza–Kiikiizo–Kiswahili / Ikiizo–English–Swahili and English–Ikiizo–Swahili Lexicon. ISBN 9987691110.
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