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Kisi language (Tanzania)

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Kisi
Kikisi
Native toTanzania
Ethnicity18,000 Kisi (2001?)[1]
Native speakers
10,200 (2001)[2]
Language codes
ISO 639-3kiz
Glottologkisi1243
G.67[3]
Linguasphere99-AUS-re

Kisi is a Bantu language of Tanzania. Though only half or so of the Kisi people speak the language, use is vigorous where it is still spoken.

References

  1. ^ Kisi language (Tanzania) at Ethnologue (15th ed., 2005) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Kisi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  3. ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online