Ikizu (''Ikikizu, Kiikiizo'') is a
Bantu language
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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
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'' 16th edition retired the ISO code for Sizaki, merging it into Ikizu.
Orthography
Ikizu uses the
Latin alphabet
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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''. .
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Languages of Tanzania
Great Lakes Bantu languages