Ikizu language

Ikizu
	Ikikizu
Native to	Tanzania
Native speakers	55,000 (2005)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu Northeast Bantu Great Lakes Bantu East Nyanza Nyanza Mara Ikizu; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Sizaki; Ikizu;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ikz
Glottolog	ikiz1238
Guthrie code	JE.402,404[2]
ELP	Ikizu[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.

Orthography

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.

References

Ikizu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
Endangered Languages Project data for Ikizu.

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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[e18-1] Ikizu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

[Guthrie-2] Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

[ELP1-3] Endangered Languages Project data for Ikizu.