 While according to the 2017 Joshua Project's data estimates that there are 18,000 in Indonesia, 4,800 in Malaysia, a total of 22,800 people.The Duano' language belongs to the Malayan languages group, along with Indonesian language, Standard Malay language, Minangkabau language and many others.Along with other 35 languages,
it is credited with Malay (macrolanguage).