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
Latin alphabet
The Latin alphabet or Roman alphabet is the collection of letters originally used by the ancient Romans to write the Latin language. Largely unaltered with the exception of extensions (such as diacritics), it used to write English and th ...
. 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