Native to DR Congo | ||
Native speakers (230,000 cited 1985 census) Language family Niger–Congo
Atlantic–Congo
Benue–Congo
Bantoid
Bantu (Zone C.40)
Buja–Ngombe
Budza Dialects Budza
Tembo
Kunda
Gbuta
Babale ISO 639-3 Either:
bja – Budza
tmv – Tembo Glottolog budj1234 (Budza-Egbuta)
temb1272 (Motembo)
kund1256 (Kunda) | ||
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.
References
Budza language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA