Native to Tanzania Dialects Sizaki
Ikizu Glottolog ikiz1238 | Native speakers 55,000 (2005) ISO 639-3 ikz | |
Language family Niger–Congo
Atlantic–Congo
Benue–Congo
Bantoid
Bantu
Northeast Bantu
Great Lakes Bantu
Logooli–Kuria (E.40)
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 16 retired the ISO code for Sizaki, merging it into Ikizu.
References
Ikizu language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA