Buja–Ngombe | |
Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
Fam2: | Atlantic–Congo |
Fam3: | Benue–Congo |
Fam4: | Southern Bantoid |
Fam5: | Bantu (Zone C) |
Fam6: | Mboshi–Buja? |
Glotto: | none |
Glotto2: | ngir1250 |
Glottoname2: | Ngiri Terrien |
Glotto3: | budj1234 |
Glottoname3: | Bujaic |
Glottorefname3: | Budja (C.37) |
Glotto4: | temb1272 |
Glottoname4: | Motembo-Kunda |
The Buja–Ngombe languages are a group of Bantu languages reported to be a valid clade by Nurse & Philippson (2003). They are Buja (C.37), the Ngombe languages (C.41), and Tembo (C.46):
Budza–Tembo–Kunda–Gbuta–Babale, Ngombe (Doko), Bomboma, Bamwe, Dzando, Gendza, Kula
Guthrie also lists two unclassified C.30 varieties, Doko and Londo (Bolondo). Ethnologue lists the first as a dialect of Ngombe, and says that the latter is most similar to Tembo, so both may belong here. Glottolog lists Bwela as closest to Tembo as well.