Sundanese language

Not to be confused with Languages of Sudan, Zunda languages, or Kusunda language.
Sundanese
basa Sunda
ᮘᮞ ᮞᮥᮔ᮪ᮓ
بَاسَا سُوْندَا
'Sunda' in Sundanese script
Pronunciation[basa sʊnda]
Native toIndonesia
RegionWest Java, Banten, Jakarta, small parts of western Central Java, southern Lampung
EthnicitySundanese
Baduy
Bantenese
Cirebonese
Native speakers
32 million (2015)[1]
Early forms
Standard forms
Dialects
  • Baduy (considered a separate language)
  • Banten
    • Pandeglang
    • Serang
    • Tangerang
  • Banyumas (extinct)
  • Northern Coast
    • Binong
    • Bogor
    • Karawang
  • Priangan
    • Bandung
    • Ciamis
    • Garut
    • Sumedang
    • Tasikmalaya
  • Central–Eastern
Latin script (present)
Sundanese script (present; optional)
Sundanese Pégon script (17–20th centuries AD, present; religious schools only)
Old Sundanese script (14–18th centuries AD, present; optional)
Sundanese Cacarakan script (17–19th centuries AD, present; certain areas)
Buda Script (13–15th centuries AD, present; optional)
Kawi script (historical)
Pallava (historical)
Pranagari (historical)
Vatteluttu (historical)
Official status
Regulated byLembaga Basa jeung Sastra Sunda
Language codes
ISO 639-1su
ISO 639-2sun
ISO 639-3Variously:
sun – Sundanese
bac – Baduy Sundanese
osn – Old Sundanese
Glottologsund1252
Linguasphere31-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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A Sundanese speaker, recorded in Indonesia.

Sundanese (/ˌsʌndəˈniːz/ SUN-də-NEEZ;[2] endonym: basa Sunda, Sundanese script: ᮘᮞ ᮞᮥᮔ᮪ᮓ, Pegon script: بَاسَا سُوْندَا, pronounced [basa sunda]) is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken in Java, primarily by the Sundanese. It has approximately 32 million native speakers in the western third of Java; they represent about 15% of Indonesia's total population.[1]

  1. ^ a b Sundanese at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024) Closed access icon
    Baduy Sundanese at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024) Closed access icon
    Old Sundanese at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Bauer, Laurie (2007). The Linguistics Student's Handbook. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.