Sundanese people
Also known as Sundanese, Sunda people
ethnic group native to western regions of the Indonesian island of Java and Peninsular Malaysia
Key facts
- Indonesia
- 41,359,454 (2010)
- West java
- 36,183,087
- Banten
- 6,724,227
- Jakarta
- 1,423,576
- Lampung
- 901,087
- Central java
- 451,781
- South sumatra
- 180,018
- Diaspora
- ~ 2,100
- Japan
- ~1,500 (2015)
- Singapore
- 500–600 (2003)
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The Sundanese (Sundanese: ᮅᮛᮀ ᮞᮥᮔ᮪ᮓ, romanized: Urang Sunda; Indonesian: Orang Sunda) are an Austronesian ethnic group native to western part of Java island in Indonesia, with the term Tatar Sunda (ᮒᮒᮁ ᮞᮥᮔ᮪ᮓ) or Pasundan (ᮕᮞᮥᮔ᮪ᮓᮔ᮪) which covers most of the administrative areas of the provinces of West Java, Banten, and western part of Central Java. They number approximately 42 million and form Indonesia's second largest ethnic group, and the fourth largest in Southeast Asia. They speak the Sundanese language, which is part of the Austronesian languages.
Sundanese migrants can also be found in Lampung, South Sumatra, and, to a lesser extent, in Central Java and East Java. The Sundanese people can also be found on several other islands in Indonesia such as Sumatra, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Bali and Papua.