Sunda

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A language of Indonesia

ISO 639-3
sun
Alternate Names
Basa Gumung, Priangan, Sundanese
Autonym
Basa Sunda
User Population

32,400,000 (2015 UNSD). Ethnic population: 36,700,000 (2011 census).

Location

Banten and West Java provinces: western third of Java; Central Java province: Cilacap regency.

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Language Status

5 (Developing). De facto language of provincial identity in western Java.

Classification
Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Sundanese
Dialects

Bogor (Krawang), Pringan, Cirebon.

Typology

SVO; prepositions; verb affixes mark person; 18 consonant and 7 vowel phonemes; non-tonal; stress on penultimate syllable; elaborate coding of respect levels.

Language Use

All domains. Used by all. Positive attitudes. Also use Indonesian [ind].

Language Development

Taught as subject in most primary schools. Newspapers. Periodicals. Radio. Grammar. Bible: 1891–1991.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Sunda
Writing

Arabic script, Naskh variant [Arab], used since 12th or 13th century. Javanese script [Java], used until 17th century. Latin script [Latn], used since mid-19th century. Sundanese script [Sund], no longer in use.

Other Comments

Muslim, traditional religion.