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Language code: dua

Technical information about ISO 639 language code dua

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The table below provides technical details for the Duala language, designated by the dua code from the ISO 639-2 standard.

Code

dua

Name

Duala

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
Duala (proper)BodimanJebale
Related languages
MalimbaBankonBakokoMungo
Key facts
Acts as a coastal trade language and lingua francaFirst written texts were produced by Basel missionaries in the late 19th centuryUses a tonal orthography that marks high and low tones with accent marksGrammar has six noun-class pairs typical of Bantu languagesVocabulary has supplied loanwords to Cameroonian Pidgin English and Camfranglais
Sample phrase

Mbólɔ, wáa wé?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

Supported in Localizely

The Duala language, identified by the code dua, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.

Related locale codes

dua-CM – Duala (Cameroon)

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