language: dua

Information
has URI	http://lexvo.org/id/term/language/dua
has gloss	eng: Duala (also spelled Douala, Diwala, Dwela, Dualla, and Dwala) is the language spoken by the Duala people of Cameroon. The language belonges to the Bantu language family, and a subgroup of it called the Duala languages. The song "Soul Makossa", as well as pop songs that repeated its lyrics, internationally popularized the Duala word for "(I) dance", "makossa".
lexicalization	eng: Duala language
subclass of	e/Guthrie classification of Bantu languages
instance of	http://dbpedia.org/resource/Guthrie_classification_of_Bantu_languages
instance of	http://www.mpii.de/yago/resource/Guthrie_classification_of_Bantu_languages

Meaning
German
has gloss	deu: Douala (auch Diwala, Duala, Dualla, Dwala und Dwela) ist eine Bantusprache und wird von circa 88.000 Menschen in Kamerun gesprochen. Im Westen des Landes ist sie eine Handelssprache.
lexicalization	deu: Douala
French
has gloss	fra: La langue Douala ou Bwambo ba Duala est parlée au Cameroun, elle appartient au groupe des langues bantoues. C'est une langue tonale, et elle possède quelques dialectes.
lexicalization	fra: Douala
Malay (macrolanguage)
has gloss	msa: Duala (juga dikenali oleh ejaan Perancis Douala) adalah bahasa yang dituturkan oleh Duala. Bahasa ini tergolong kepada keluarga bahasa Bantu.
lexicalization	msa: Bahasa Duala
Polish
has gloss	pol: Język duala - język z rodziny bantu, używany w Kamerunie, w 1982 roku liczba mówiących wynosiła ok. 88 tysięcy.
lexicalization	pol: Język duala
Portuguese
has gloss	por: A língua duala (também conhecida como douala) é a língua falada pelo povo duala dos Camarões. O duala pertence ao grupo bantu, dentro do subgrupo das línguas duala.
lexicalization	por: Língua duala