Buyu
Native toDemocratic Republic of the Congo
RegionSouth KivuKatanga
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

  1. Buyu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
  3. Bemba at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013) Closed access icon
  4. Songa at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013) Closed access icon


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