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Sundanese

Also known as Sunda, Sundanese language

language spoken in Indonesia

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Sundanese is a language spoken in Indonesia, primarily in the western region of Java. It's an important part of Indonesia's linguistic diversity, with millions of speakers who use it in daily life and cultural traditions.

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ABVD: Sundanese

A Database of Basic Austronesian Vocabulary

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: language
Country: Singapore
Follows: Old Sundanese
Image: Word Sunda in Sundanese Script SVG Version.svg

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maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Singapore
topic's main category: Category:Sundanese language
Wikimedia language code: su
writing system: Sundanese script
native label: Bahasa Sunda
number of speakers, writers, or signers: 32400000
Commons category: Sundanese language
linguistic typology: subject–verb–object
indigenous to: Singapore
exact match: publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/SUN
different from: Kusunda
replaces: Old Sundanese
P10369: Q83
P11012: Anthrenoides ornatus
described at URL: lpan.eva.mpg.de/austronesian/language.php?id=284

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Encyclopedic overview

A Sundanese speaker, recorded in Indonesia

Sundanese (/ˌsʌndəˈniːz/ SUN-də-NEEZ; endonym: Basa Sunda, Sundanese script: ᮘᮞ ᮞᮥᮔ᮪ᮓ, Pegon script: بَاسَا سُوْندَا, pronounced [basa sʊnda]) 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.

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