Editing Duala language (section)

{{Short description|Bantu language spoken by the Duala and Mungo peoples of Cameroon}}
{{for| the Australian Aboriginal language sometimes spelt Duala|Dhuwal language}}
{{Infobox language
| name             = Duala
| states           = Cameroon
| ethnicity        = [[Douala people|Douala]], [[Mungo people|Mungo]]
| speakers         = {{sigfig|87,700|3}}
| date             = 1982
| ref              = e18
| speakers2        = Most speakers live in [[Douala]], the biggest city of Cameroon, which has since grown more than four times as big.
| familycolor      = Niger-Congo
| fam2             = [[Atlantic–Congo languages|Atlantic–Congo]]
| fam3             = [[Volta-Congo]]
| fam4             = [[Benue–Congo languages|Benue–Congo]]
| fam5             = [[Bantoid languages|Bantoid]]
| fam6             = [[Southern Bantoid languages|Southern Bantoid]]
| fam7             = [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]
| fam8             = [[Bantu Zone A|Zone A]]
| fam9             = [[Sawabantu languages|Sawabantu]]
| fam10            = Duala–[[Limba language (Cameroon)|Limba]]
| dia1             = Duala proper
| dia2             = Bodiman
| dia3             = Oli (Ewodi, Wuri)
| dia4             = [[Pongo language|Pongo]]
| dia5             = Mongo (Muungo)
| iso2             = dua
| iso3             = dua
| glotto           = dual1243
| glottoname       = Duala
| glotto2          = olib1234
| glottoname2      = Oli-Bidiman
| guthrie          = A.24–26
| nativename       = {{lang|dua|Duálá}}
}}
{{Infobox language
| name             = Jo
| states           = [[Cameroon]]
| region           = around [[Douala]]
| speakers         = none
| familycolor      = Pidgin
| family           = Douala-based pidgin
| iso3             = none
| glotto           = none
| guthrie          = A.20A
}}
'''Duala''' (native name: {{lang|dua|Duálá}}) is a [[dialect cluster]] spoken by the [[Duala people|Duala]] and [[Mungo people]]s of Cameroon. Duala belongs to the [[Bantu languages|Bantu language family]], in a subgroup called [[Sawabantu languages|Sawabantu]]. It is a [[Tone (linguistics)|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 language|Pongo]] and Mongo. He also notes a Duala-based pidgin named ''Jo''.