Ɨbʉdhʉ, also called Budu, is a Bantu language spoken by the Budu people in the Wamba Territory in the Orientale Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its orthography uses the special characters ɨ, ʉ, ɛ and ɔ, as well as modifier letters colon ꞉ and equal sign ꞊ for grammatical tone, marking past and future tense, respectively.
A variety of this language is called Matta and is spoken locally both north and south of Maboma.
Phonology
Consonants LabialAlveolar(Alveolo-)palatalVelarLabio-velarGlottalPlosivevoicelessptckvoicedbdɟɡprenasalᵐbⁿdᶮɟᵑɡimplosiveɓɗʄAffricatevoicelesst͡ɕk͡pvoicedd͡ʑɡ͡bprenasalᶮd͡ʑᵑᵐɡ͡bFricativevoicelessfshvoicedvzprenasalᶬvNasalmnɲApproximant(l)jw
[z] only occurs in the Koya dialect of Budu. /h/ can be heard as either a voiced [ɦ] or voiceless [h] among different speakers. /ɗ/ can be heard as [l] or a tap [ɾ] in free variation.
Vowels FrontCentralBackCloseiuNear-closeɪʊClose-mideoOpen-midɛɔOpena
Notes