Budu
Budu is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Congo - Kinshasa.
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Ɨbʉdhʉ, also called Budu, 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.
A variety of this language is called Matta and is spoken locally both north and south of Maboma.
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Words in Budu
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | to* | |
| name | no* | |
| eye | iso* | |
| ear | cwe* | |
| nose | o* | |
| tooth | enu* | |
| tongue | dada* | |
| hand | kondo* | |
| blood | enike* | |
| bone | ho* | |
| knee | u* | |
| breast | bEe* | |
| water | ipo* | |
| fire | dya* | |
| sun | pa* | |
| star | ndata* | |
| stone | kopi* | |
| mountain | kpaNba* | |
| tree | te* | |
| leaf | ane* | |
| night | nabutu* | |
| dog | emva* | |
| fish | sipe* | |
| louse | soko* | |
| one | Na* | |
| two | pe* | |
| I | eme* | |
| you | owE* | |
| we | isu* | |
| drink | mw* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Bodo (Central African Republic)Atlantic-Congo55% alike
- NdakaAtlantic-Congo52% alike
- NyaliAtlantic-Congo44% alike
- Mbo (Democratic Republic of Congo)Atlantic-Congo40% alike
- VanumaAtlantic-Congo36% alike
- BolokiAtlantic-Congo25% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · budu1250 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · buu