Budza language

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

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.

Phonology

Consonants
	Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Labiovelar	Glottal
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

Vowels
	Front	Central	Back
High	i		u
Mid-high	e		o
Mid-low	ɛ		ɔ
Low		a

Budza distinguishes between high tone and low tone.