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Budza language

Budza
Buja
Native to DR Congo
Native speakers
(230,000 cited 1985 census)
Dialects
  • Budza
  • Tembo
  • Kunda
  • Gbuta
  • Babale
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Either:
bja – Budza
tmv – Tembo
Glottolog budj1234  (Budza-Egbuta)
temb1272  (Motembo)
kund1256  (Kunda)
C.37

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

There are several neighboring minor languages which Maho (2009) lists as closely related: C371 Tembo (Motembo – distinguish Kitembo), C372 Kunda, C373 Gbuta (Egbuta), and C374 Babale. Only Tembo, with 5,000 speakers, has been assigned an ISO code.



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