Ikizu
Ikizu is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Tanzania.
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Ikizu (Ikikizu, Kiikiizo) is a Bantu language 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 16th edition retired the ISO code for Sizaki, merging it into Ikizu.
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Words in Ikizu
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | to* | |
| name | rina* | |
| eye | iso* | |
| ear | twi* | |
| nose | nyeru* | |
| tooth | ino* | |
| tongue | reme* | |
| hand | boko* | |
| blood | sahe* | |
| bone | guha* | |
| skin | kanda* | |
| knee | ru* | |
| breast | bere* | |
| liver | rini* | |
| water | amanzi | |
| fire | rero* | |
| sun | ryoba* | |
| star | nzota* | |
| stone | bwe* | |
| mountain | kegoro* | |
| tree | te* | |
| leaf | toto* | |
| night | butiku* | |
| dog | mbwa* | |
| fish | swe* | |
| louse | nda* | |
| one | imwe* | |
| two | ibiri* | |
| I | enye* | |
| you | awe* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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