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

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. 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''. . {{Authority control Languages of Tanzania Great Lakes Bantu languages