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Budza language

Budza language

Bantu language spoken in DR Congo

Budza or Buja (Embudja, Limbudza) is a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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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.

Phonology

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Budza distinguishes between high tone and low tone.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Budza at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Tembo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. [2]
    Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
  3. [3]
    Mangulu, Motingea (2003). "La Parler Bujá des Yambuli (Bantou C.37)". Annales Æquatoria (in French). 24: 205–261.


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