Kisi ( Kese, Kikisi, Kisi ) - an endangered Bantu language spoken by the Kisi people [1] , who live in the main villages of Lifum, Lupingu, Makonde, Nindi on the northwestern shore of Lake Nyasa ; in the administrative districts of Lupingu and Makonde of the division of Mwambao, Ludeva County, Iringa Region, Tanzania
| Kisi | |
|---|---|
| Country | Tanzania |
| Regions | Iringa |
| Total number of speakers | 10.200 (2001) |
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| Writing | unwritten |
| Language Codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | - |
| ISO 639-2 | - |
| ISO 639-3 | kiz |
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The Kishi language in Tanzania should not be confused with the Kishi language [2] [3] , which is spoken in Guinea , Liberia and Sierra Leone .
Nothing is known about dialects. Similarities in vocabulary: 62% from Pangwa , 55% from King , 53% from Sangu , 52% from Wuanji , and 47% from Ben . It also differs from the language of the ghousia (cusia), which is spoken by the people of the ghousia in Kenya [4] .
Notes
Literature
- Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
- Glottolog 2.2 Resources for Kisi. na 2013. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- Kisi: a language of Tanzania. na 2013. SIL International.
Links
- Kisi at Ethnologue
- Joshua project