Budza language

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

Budza
Buja
Native toDR Congo
Native speakers
(230,000 cited 1985 census)[1]
Dialects
  • Budza
  • Tembo
  • Kunda
  • Gbuta
  • Babale
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
bja – Budza
tmv – Tembo
Glottologbudj1234  Bujaic
temb1272  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.

Phonology
Consonants[3]
Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Labiovelar Glottal
Plosive p b t d tʃ dʒ k g kp gb
Prenasalized ᵐb ⁿd ⁿdʒ ᵑg ᵑgb
Fricative s h
Nasal m n
Approximant w l j
Vowels[3]
Front Central Back
High i u
Mid-high e o
Mid-low ɛ ɔ
Low a

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

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


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