Duanoʼ language

{{Short description|Malayic language spoken in Southeast Asia}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Duano{{hamza}}

|nativename=

|region= Indonesia (Sumatra),
Malaysia (Malay Peninsula)

|states=

|ethnicity= Orang Kuala

|speakers=16,000

|date=2006

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Austronesian

|fam2=Malayo-Polynesian

|fam3=Malayic

|iso3=dup

|glotto=duan1242

|glottorefname=Duano

}}

Duano{{hamza}} is a Malayic language of Indonesia and Malaysia. In Malaysia the language is moribund, being spoken by only a tenth of the ethnic population.

While Duano{{hamza}} 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 Duano{{hamza}} was originally a non-Malayic language that underwent heavy Malayic influence.