Budza language
Budza or Buja (Embudja, Limbudza) is a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Budza | |
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Buja | |
Native to | DR Congo |
Native speakers | (230,000 cited 1985 census)[1] |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Either:bja – Budzatmv – Tembo |
Glottolog | budj1234 Bujaictemb1272 Motembo-Kunda |
C.37 [2] |
There are several neighbouring minor languages which Maho (2009) lists as closely related: C371 Tembo (Motembo or Litembo – distinguish Kitembo), C372 Kunda (Likunda – distinguish Chikunda), C373 Gbuta (Egbuta) and C374 Babale. Only Litembo, with 5,000 speakers, has been assigned an ISO code; Glottolog treats it and Likunda as a single language.
References
- Budza at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Tembo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) - Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
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Note: The Guthrie classification is geographic and its groupings do not imply a relationship between the languages within them. |
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