Buyu language

Buyu
Native toDemocratic Republic of the Congo
RegionSouth Kivu–Katanga
Native speakers
10,000 (2002)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3byi
Glottologbuyu1239
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

Category:Nyanga-Buyi languages Category:Languages of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Category:Spurious languages


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