Sundanese language
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Sundanese (/sʌndəˈniːz/[2]) is a Malayo-Polynesian language. It is spoken by the Sundanese people.
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Sundanese | |
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basa Sunda ᮘᮞ ᮞᮥᮔ᮪ᮓ بَاسَا سُوْندَا | |
Pronunciation | /ba.sa sʊn.da/ |
Native to | Java, Indonesia |
Region | West Java, Banten, Jakarta, parts of western Central Java, southern Lampung, also spoken by the Sundanese diaspora in Indonesia and throughout the world. |
Ethnicity |
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Native speakers | 42 million (2016)[1] |
Austronesian
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Early form | Old Sundanese
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Standard forms | Priangan Sundanese
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Dialects |
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Latin script (present) Sundanese script (present; optional) Old Sundanese script (14-18th centuries AD, present; optional) Sundanese Cacarakan script (17-19th centuries AD, present; certain areas) Sundanese Pégon script (17-20th centuries AD, present; religious use only) Buda Script (13-15th centuries AD, present; optional) Kawi script (historical) Pallava (historical) Pranagari (historical) Vatteluttu (historical) | |
Official status | |
Regulated by | Lembaga Basa Jeung Sastra Sunda |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-1 | su |
ISO 639-2 | sun |
ISO 639-3 | Variously:sun – Sundanesebac – Baduy Sundaneseosn – Old Sundanese |
Glottolog | sund1251 |
Linguasphere | 31-MFN-a |
Areas where Sundanese is a majority native language
Areas where Sundanese is a minority language with >100,000 speakers
Areas where Sundanese is a minority language with <100,000 speakers | |
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