Budza language

{{Short description|Bantu language spoken in DR Congo}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Budza

|nativename=Buja

|states=DR Congo

|speakers={{sigfig|231,000|2}}

|date=1985 census

|ref = e18

|familycolor=Niger-Congo

|fam2=Atlantic–Congo

|fam3=Benue–Congo

|fam4=Bantoid

|fam5=Bantu (Zone C.40)

|fam6=Buja–Ngombe

|lc1=bja|ld1=Budza

|lc2=tmv|ld2=Tembo

|guthrie=C.37

|glotto=budj1234

|glottoname=Bujaic

|glottorefname=

|glotto2=temb1272

|glottoname2=Motembo-Kunda

|glottorefname2=

|dia1=Budza

|dia2=Tembo

|dia3=Kunda

|dia4=Gbuta

|dia5=Babale

}}

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.