Duanoʼ is a Malayic language of Indonesia and Malaysia. In Malaysia the language is moribund, being spoken by only a tenth of the ethnic population.
| Duanoʼ | |
|---|---|
| Region | Indonesia (Sumatra), Malaysia (Malay Peninsula) |
| Ethnicity | Orang Kuala |
Native speakers | 16,000 (2006)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | dup |
| Glottolog | duan1242 |
| ELP | Duano' |
While Duanoʼ is usually considered a Malayic language, it contains a significant amount of words derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian that do not follow Malayic sound changes, such as *qulu > kulu "head" and *qatay > ɣati "liver", which indicates that Duanoʼ was originally a non-Malayic language that underwent heavy Malayic influence.
References
edit- ^ Duanoʼ at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)