Sundanese language
| Sundanese | |
|---|---|
| basa Sunda ᮘᮞ ᮞᮥᮔ᮪ᮓ | |
'Sunda' in Sundanese script | |
| Pronunciation | [basa sʊnda] |
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | West Java, Banten, Jakarta, small parts of western Central Java, and southern Lampung |
| Ethnicity | |
Native speakers | 32 million (2015) |
Austronesian
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Early forms | |
Standard forms | |
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| 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 | sund1252 |
| 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 | |
Sundanese (/ˌsʌndəˈniːz/ SUN-də-NEEZ; endonym: basa Sunda, Sundanese script: ᮘᮞ ᮞᮥᮔ᮪ᮓ, pronounced [basa sunda]) is an Austronesian 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.