Duala language

Duala
Duálá
Native toCameroon
EthnicityDouala, Mungo
Native speakers
(87,700 cited 1982)
Most speakers live in Douala, the biggest city of Cameroon, which has since grown more than four times as big.
Dialects
  • Duala proper
  • Bodiman
  • Oli (Ewodi, Wuri)
  • Pongo
  • Mongo (Muungo)
Language codes
ISO 639-2dua
ISO 639-3dua
Glottologdual1243  Duala
olib1234  Oli-Bidiman
A.24–26
Jo
Native toCameroon
Regionaround Douala
Native speakers
None
Douala-based pidgin
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
GlottologNone
A.20A

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.