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ISO 639-3 · ikzikz
Niger–Congo family

Ikizu

Ikizu is a language of the Great Lakes Bantu branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Tanzania. Wikidata describes it as “Bantu language spoken in Tanzania”.

6a · Vigorous
Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
ikz
Glottocode
ikiz1238
Wikipedia
7 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
10levels in the tree
6aEGIDS level

Facts

NameIkizu
Also calledIkizu language

Vitality

EGIDS 6a Vigorous6a

Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.

Other languages at this level
family tree

From Niger–Congo to Ikizu

The branches above Ikizu, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.

1142Niger–Congofamily1061Atlantic–Congobranch910Volta–Congobranch695Benue–Congobranch549Bantoidbranch534Southern Bantoidbranch458Bantubranch163East Bantubranch104Northeast Bantubranch40Great Lakes BantubranchikzIkizulanguage
where it is spoken

Countries

Tanzania117 languages in the index

Also spoken in Tanzania

engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalaraArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafeswhKiswahiliNiger–Congo · 98.3 m1 · NationalswaSwahiliNiger–Congo · 15.4 mvmwMakhuwaNiger–Congo · 7.4 m5 · DevelopingtumTumbukaNiger–Congo · 7 m4 · EducationalsukSukumaNiger–Congo · 5.4 m5 · DevelopingayhHadhrami ArabicAfroasiatic · 4.5 m6a · VigorousluoDholuoNilo-Saharan · 3 m5 · DevelopingkdeMakondeNiger–Congo · 1.7 m5 · Developing