Ikizu language

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Name (Latin)
Ikizu language
Other forms of name
Ikiizo language
Ikikizo language
Ikikizu language
Kiikizu language
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Bantu languages
Zanaki language
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Tanzania
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata: Q10977626
Library of congress: sh2009008049
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: Sewangi, S.S. Kiikiizo, 2008:p. vi (Kiikiizo language; Ikiizo is a Bantu language spoken by the Ikiizo people (Abaikiizo) in Bunda District, Mara Region. The Ikiizo people inhabit the Divisions of Serengeti and Salama. The following languages border Ikiizo: Isenyi and Nata in the east, Ngureme in the northeast, Kuria in the north, Zanaki in the northwest, Jita in the west, and Sukuma in the south and southwest. Ikiizo and Zanaki are closely related to the extent of being mutually intelligible)
  • Ethnologue, 16th ed.(Ikizu, a language of Tanzania. Region: Mara region, Bunda District, Chamriho Division; Musoma District, near Zanaki; Lake Victoria southeast shore area, northeast of Kerewe. Alt names: Ikikizo, Ikikizu, Kiikizu. Dialects: Ikizu, Sizaki. Related to Zanaki)
Wikipedia description:

Ikizu (Ikikizu, Kiikiizo) is a Bantu language spoken by the Ikizu peoples of Tanzania. Its 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.

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