Sundanese language

Sundanese
Sundanese
basa Sunda; ᮘᮞ ᮞᮥᮔ᮪ᮓ; بَاسَا سُوْندَا
Pronunciation	/ba.sa sʊn.da/
Native to	Java, Indonesia
Region	West Java, Banten, Jakarta, parts of western Central Java, southern Lampung, also spoken by the Sundanese diaspora in Indonesia and throughout the world.
Ethnicity	Sundanese; • Badui; • Bantenese; • Cirebonese; • Priangan;
Native speakers	42 million (2016)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian disputed:; Malayo-Sumbawan or Greater North Borneo Sundanese-Baduy Sundanese; ; ; ;
Early form	Old 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); Old Sundanese script (14-18th centuries AD, present; optional); Sundanese Cacarakan script (17-19th centuries AD, present; certain areas); Sundanese Pégon script (17-20th centuries AD, present; religious use only); Buda Script (13-15th centuries AD, present; optional); Kawi script (historical); Pallava (historical); Pranagari (historical); Vatteluttu (historical)
Official status
Regulated by	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	sund1251
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
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Sundanese (/sʌndəˈniːz/^[2]) is a Malayo-Polynesian language. It is spoken by the Sundanese people.

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Yusuf speaking Sundanese

Spoken Sundanese

Writing

Sundanese is written with the Latin script, Sundanese script, or Pegon script. The Sundanese script is based on the Old Sundanese script. It was introduced in 1997.^[3] Pegon is based on the Arabic alphabet.^[4]

Phonology

Vowels

Sundanese has seven vowels.^[5]

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i	ɨ	u
Mid	ɛ	ə	ɔ
Open		a

Consonants

Sundanese has eighteen consonants. There are also consonants such as /f/ and /q/ that are only used in loanwords.^[5]

		Bilabial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m	n	ɲ	ŋ
Plosive/ Affricate	voiceless	p	t	tʃ	k
Plosive/ Affricate	voiced	b	d	dʒ	ɡ
Fricative			s			h
Lateral			l
Trill			r
Approximant		w		j

References

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