| Budza | |
| Nativename: | Buja |
| States: | DR Congo |
| 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 |
| Glotto2: | temb1272 |
| Glottoname2: | Motembo-Kunda |
| 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.
| Plosive | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ pronounced as /link/ | ||
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| Prenasalized | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
| Fricative | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||||
| Nasal | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||||
| Approximant | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ |
| High | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
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| Mid-high | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
| Mid-low | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
| Low | pronounced as /link/ |
Budza distinguishes between high tone and low tone.