Duanoʼ language
Malayic language spoken in Southeast Asia
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Duanoʼ is a Malayic language of Indonesia and Malaysia.[2] In Malaysia the language is moribund, being spoken by only a tenth of the ethnic population.
RegionIndonesia (Sumatra),
Malaysia (Malay Peninsula)
Malaysia (Malay Peninsula)
EthnicityOrang Kuala
Native speakers
16,000 (2006)[1]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.