Spoken L1 Language: Duala

Classification
Subclassification references
Comments on subclassification

Nurse, Derek and Philippson, Gérard 2003: 170 Carl Ebobissé 2014: 395-404 Ardener, Edwin W. 1956 Yasa-Kombe: Carl Ebobissé 2014: 395-404 Guthrie, Malcolm 1953: 26 Anna K. Belew 2020: 33

Endangerment
AES status:
not endangered
Source:
David M. Eberhard and Gary F. Simons and Charles D. Fennig 2024
Comment:
Duala (dua-dua) = 3 (Wider communication). First spoken in Cameroon in 1650 by immigrants who arrived from Congo. In 1845 a mission was opened in Duala; by 1875 Duala had become the lingua franca for many ethnic groups in Cameroon. Used in all domains.
Marker
Leaflet © OpenStreetMap contributors
show big map

References ⇫