Sundanese language

Sundanese
Sundanese
basa Sunda; ᮘᮞ ᮞᮥᮔ᮪ᮓ; بَاسَا سُوْندَا
	'Sunda' in Sundanese script
Pronunciation	[basa sʊnda]
Native to	Indonesia
Region	West Java, Banten, Jakarta, small parts of western Central Java, southern Lampung, also spoken by the Sundanese diaspora all over Indonesia and throughout the world.
Ethnicity	Sundanese; (Badui • Bantenese • Ciptagelar • Cirebonese • Priangan)
Native speakers	42 million (2016)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian disputed:; Malayo-Sumbawan or Greater North Borneo Sundanese–Baduy Sundanese; ; ; ;
Early forms	Old Sundanese Classical Sundanese ;
Standard forms	Priangan Sundanese;
Dialects	Baduy (considered a separate language); Banten; Banyumas (extinct); Bogor; Brebes; Ciamis; Northeast Cirebon; Indramayu; Majalengka; ; Priangan;
Writing system	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 by	Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa; Lembaga Basa Jeung Sastra Sunda;
Language codes
ISO 639-1	su
ISO 639-2	sun
ISO 639-3	Variously:; sun – Sundanese; bac – Baduy Sundanese; osn – 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 (/sʌndəˈniːz/: basa Sunda, Sundanese pronunciation: [basa sunda]; Sundanese script: ᮘᮞ ᮞᮥᮔ᮪ᮓ; Pegon: بَاسَا سُوْندَا) is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by the Sundanese. It has approximately 40 million native speakers in the western third of Java; they represent about 15% of Indonesia's total population.

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