Budu language
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For the language spoken in China, see Budu language (China). For the language of Mali, see Budu Dogon.
| Budu | |
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| Ɨbʉdhʉ | |
| Native to | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Region | Orientale Province |
| Ethnicity | Budu |
Native speakers | (180,000 cited 1991)[1] |
Language family | Niger–Congo?
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | buu |
| Glottolog | budu1250 |
Guthrie code | D.332[2] |
Budu (Ɨbʉdhʉ) is a Bantu language spoken by the Budu people in the Wamba Territory in the Orientale Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its orthography uses the special characters ɨ, , ɛ and ɔ, as well as modifier letters colon ꞉ and equal sign ꞊ for grammatical tone, marking past and future tense, respectively.
A variety of this language is called Matta and is spoken locally both north and south of .
Notes[]
- ^ Budu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
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