Ikizu | |
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Ikikizu | |
Native to | Tanzania |
Native speakers | 55,000 (2005)[1] |
Niger–Congo
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | ikz |
Glottolog | ikiz1238 [2] |
JE.402,404 [3] |
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 16 retired the ISO code for Sizaki, merging it into Ikizu.
Ikuzu 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.
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Note: The Guthrie classification is geographic and its groupings do not imply a relationship between the languages within them. |