Budza language

Budza
Budza
Buja
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;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either:; bja – Budza; tmv – Tembo
Glottolog	budj1234 Bujaic; temb1272 Motembo-Kunda
Guthrie code	C.37

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

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.

References[]

^ Budza at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Tembo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

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[e18-1] Budza at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Tembo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[Guthrie-2] Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

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