Ikizu language

Ikizu
Ikizu
Ikikizu
Native to	Tanzania
Native speakers	53,000 (2009)
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
ELP	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 16th edition retired the ISO code for Sizaki, merging it into Ikizu.

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