Buyu language
Bantu language spoken in DR Congo
Buyu | |
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Native to | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Region | South Kivu–Katanga |
Native speakers | 10,000 (2002)[1] |
Language family | Niger–Congo?
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | byi |
Glottolog | buyu1239 |
D.55 [2] |
Buyu, or Buyi, is a Bantu language of Lake Tanganyika that is closely related to Nyanga.
Former ISO coding problems
A "Bemba" language of South Kivu was listed in Ethnologue 17 as ISO code [bmy].[3] However, the name, Kinyabemba, is the language of the Banyabemba, one of the tribes that speak Buyu. (It is not the Bemba language of Zambia.) "Songa" [sgo][4] is another Buyu-speaking tribe rather than a distinct language. "Buya" [byy] is unidentified, but may be a typo for Buyu. The codes were retired in 2014.
References
- ^ Buyu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
- ^ Bemba at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
- ^ Songa at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
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