Budza language
Bantu language spoken in DR Congo
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Budza or Buja (Embudja, Limbudza) is a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
NativetoDR Congo
Native speakers
(230,000 cited 1985 census)[1]Dialects
- Budza
- Tembo
- Kunda
- Gbuta
- Babale
There are several neighbouring minor languages which Maho (2009) lists as closely related: C371 Tembo (Litembo or Motembo – distinguish Chitembo/Kitembo), C372 Kunda (Likunda – distinguish Chikunda), C373 Gbuta (Egbuta) and C374 Babale. Only Tembo, with 5,000 speakers, has been assigned a separate ISO code; Glottolog concludes that it and Kunda are a single language, distinct from Budza, Gbuta and Bango.
