Duala
Duala is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Cameroon.
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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.
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Words in Duala
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | muto | |
| name | ina* | |
| eye | iso* | |
| ear | toi* | |
| nose | pemba* | |
| tooth | soNga* | |
| hand | a* | |
| blood | ya* | |
| skin | yobo* | |
| knee | boNgo* | |
| breast | bwaNga* | |
| water | diba* | |
| fire | ea* | |
| sun | wei* | |
| stone | le* | |
| mountain | doNgo* | |
| tree | le* | |
| leaf | yadi* | |
| night | ulu* | |
| dog | bo* | |
| fish | sue* | |
| louse | na* | |
| one | wo* | |
| two | ba* | |
| I | mba* | |
| you | oa* | |
| we | biso* | |
| drink | no* | |
| see | ene* | |
| hear | seNga* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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