Budza language
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Budza | |
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Buja | |
Native to | DR Congo |
Native speakers | (230,000 cited 1985 census)[1] |
Dialects |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Either:bja – Budzatmv – Tembo |
Glottolog | budj1234 Bujaictemb1272 Motembo-Kunda |
C.37 [2] |
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.
Phonology
Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Labiovelar | Glottal | |
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Plosive | p b | t d | tʃ dʒ | k g | kp gb | |
Prenasalized | ᵐb | ⁿd | ⁿdʒ | ᵑg | ᵑgb | |
Fricative | s | h | ||||
Nasal | m | n | ||||
Approximant | w | l | j |
Front | Central | Back | |
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High | i | u | |
Mid-high | e | o | |
Mid-low | ɛ | ɔ | |
Low | a |
Budza distinguishes between high tone and low tone.[3]
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
- ^ a b c Mangulu, Motingea (2003). "La Parler Bujá des Yambuli (Bantou C.37)". Annales Æquatoria (in French). 24: 205–261.