Bantenese people

Bantenese people
ᮅᮛᮀ ᮘᮔ᮪ᮒᮨᮔ᮪/ᮅᮛᮀ ᮞᮥᮔ᮪ᮓ ᮘᮔ᮪ᮒᮨᮔ᮪
Urang Banten
2017 Kang Nong Banten
Total population
4,657,784 (2010 census)[1]
Regions with significant populations
 Indonesia:
 Banten4,321,991
 Lampung172,403
 West Java60,948
 North Sumatra46,640
 Jakarta28,551
 South Sumatra17,141
Languages
Native
Bantenese • Sundanese • Indonesian
Religion
Predominantly
 • Sunni Islam (99.83%)
Minorities
 • Christians (Protestant and Roman Catholic) • Hindu • Buddhist • Confucianism • Other (0.17%)[2]
Related ethnic groups

The Bantenese (Indonesian: Orang Banten/Orang Sunda Banten; Sundanese: ᮅᮛᮀ ᮘᮔ᮪ᮒᮨᮔ᮪/ᮅᮛᮀ ᮞᮥᮔ᮪ᮓ ᮘᮔ᮪ᮒᮨᮔ᮪, romanized: Urang Banten/Urang Sunda Banten) are an Austronesian ethnic group native to Banten in the westernmost part of Java island, Indonesia. The area of Banten province corresponds more or less with the area of the former Banten Sultanate, a Bantenese nation state that preceded Indonesia.[3] In his book "The Sultanate of Banten", Guillot Claude writes on page 35: “These estates, owned by the Bantenese of Chinese descent, were concentrated around the village of Kelapadua.”[4] Most of Bantenese are Sunni Muslim. The Bantenese speak the Sundanese-Banten dialect, a variety of the Sundanese language which does not have a general linguistic register, this language is called Basa Sunda Banten (Sundanese language of Banten).

  1. ^ "Kewarganegaraan, Suku Bangsa, Agama, Dan Bahasa Sehari-Hari Penduduk Indonesia". Badan Pusat Statistik. 2010. Archived from the original on 2017-07-10. Retrieved 2017-07-18.
  2. ^ Aris Ananta, Evi Nurvidya Arifin, M Sairi Hasbullah, Nur Budi Handayani, Agus Pramono. Demography of Indonesia's Ethnicity. Singapore: ISEAS: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2015. p. 273.
  3. ^ Anugerah Bintang. "Suku Bangsa di Provinsi Banten". Academia. Retrieved 2017-09-10.
  4. ^ Guillot, Claude (1990). The Sultanate of Banten. Gramedia Book Publishing Division, Jakarta.