Budu (Ɨbʉdhʉ) is a
Bantu language spoken by the
Budu people in the
Wamba Territory
Wamba Territory is a part of the Haut-Uele province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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in the
Orientale Province
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of the
Democratic Republic of the Congo
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. Its orthography uses the special characters
ɨ,
ʉ,
É› and
É”, as well as
modifier letter
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s 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
Maboma.
Phonology
Consonants
*
only occurs in the Koya dialect of Budu.
* /h/ can be heard as either a voiced
¦or voiceless
among different speakers.
* /É—/ can be heard as
or a tap
¾in free variation.
*
Vowels
Notes
Nyali languages
Languages of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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