Duala | |
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Duálá | |
Native to | Cameroon |
Ethnicity | Douala, Mungo |
Native speakers | (87,700 cited 1982)[1] Most speakers live in Douala, the biggest city of Cameroon, which has since grown more than four times as big. |
Dialects |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-2 | dua |
ISO 639-3 | dua |
Glottolog | dual1243 Dualaolib1234 Oli-Bidiman |
A.24–26 [2] |
Jo | |
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Native to | Cameroon |
Region | around Douala |
Native speakers | None |
Douala-based pidgin | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | None (mis ) |
Glottolog | None |
A.20A [2] |
Duala (native name: Duálá) is a dialect cluster spoken by the Duala and Mungo peoples of Cameroon. Duala belongs to the Bantu language family, in a subgroup called Sawabantu. It is a tonal language with subject–verb–object word order. Maho (2009) treats Duala as a cluster of five languages: Duala proper, Bodiman, Oli (Ewodi, Wuri), Pongo and Mongo. He also notes a Duala-based pidgin named Jo.