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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, ʉ, ɛ and ɔ, as well as modifier letters colon ꞉ and equal sign ꞊ for grammatical tone, marking past and future tense, respectively.

For the language spoken in China, see Budu language (China). For the language of Mali, see Budu Dogon.
Budu
Ɨbʉdhʉ
Native toDemocratic Republic of the Congo
RegionOrientale Province
EthnicityBudu
Native speakers
(180,000 cited 1991)[1]
Language family
Niger–Congo?
  • Atlantic–Congo
    • Benue–Congo
      • Southern Bantoid
        • Bantu (Zone D.30)
          • Nyali (Budu–Ndaka)
            • Budu
Language codes
ISO 639-3buu
Glottologbudu1250
Guthrie code
D.332[2]

A variety of this language is called Matta and is spoken locally both north and south of Maboma.


Phonology



Consonants


Labial Alveolar (Alveolo-)
palatal		 Velar Labio-
velar		 Glottal
Plosive voiceless p t c k
voiced b d ɟ ɡ
prenasal ᵐb ⁿd ᶮɟ ᵑɡ
implosive ɓ ɗ ʄ
Affricate voiceless t͡ɕ k͡p
voiced d͡ʑ ɡ͡b
prenasal ᶮd͡ʑ ᵑᵐɡ͡b
Fricative voiceless f s h
voiced v (z)
prenasal ᶬv
Nasal m n ɲ
Approximant (l) j w

Vowels


Front Central Back
Close i u
Near-close ɪ ʊ
Close-mid ɛ ɔ
Open-mid e o
Open a

Notes


  1. Budu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
  3. Koehler, Loren S. (1995). An Underspecification Approach To Budu Vowel Harmony. Ann Arbor: UMI.
  4. Lojenga, Constance K. (1994). Kibudu: A Bantu Language with nine Vowels. Africana Linguistica XI: Tervuren. pp. 127–133.


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На других языках

[de] Budu (Bantusprache)

Budu ist eine Bantusprache, die von dem Volk der Budu im Wamba-Territorium in der Provinz Haut-Uele der Demokratischen Republik Kongo gesprochen wird.
- [en] Budu language

[fr] Budu (langue)

Le budu ou kibudu est une langue bantoue parlée par la population budu en République démocratique du Congo.


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