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{{Short description|Language spoken in Indonesia}} {{Distinguish|Languages of Sudan|Nguni languages#Zunda languages{{!}}Zunda languages|Kusunda language}}{{Infobox language | image = Word Sunda in Sundanese Script SVG Version.svg | imagecaption = 'Sunda' in Sundanese script | imagealt = | name = Sundanese | nativename = {{lang|su|basa Sunda}}<br>{{lang|su|{{Sund|ᮘᮞ ᮞᮥᮔ᮪ᮓ|باسا سوندا}}}} | states = [[Indonesia]] | region = [[West Java]], [[Banten]], [[Jakarta]], small parts of western [[Central Java]], and southern [[Lampung]] | ethnicity = {{plainlist|[[Sundanese people|Sundanese]] * [[Baduy people|Baduy]] * [[Bantenese people|Bantenese]] * [[Cirebonese people|Cirebonese]]}} | speakers = {{sigfig|32.400000|2}} million | date = 2015 | ref = e27 | familycolor = Austronesian | fam2 = [[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian]] | fam4 = Sundanese–[[Baduy language|Baduy]] | ancestor = [[Old Sundanese language|Old Sundanese]] | ancestor2 = [[Classical Sundanese language|Classical Sundanese]] | stand1 = [[Priangan|Priangan Sundanese]] | dialects = * ''[[Baduy language|Baduy]]'' (considered a separate language) * [[Bantenese language|Banten]] ** Pandeglang ** Serang ** Tangerang * ''Banyumas'' {{extinct}} * [[Northern Coast Sundanese|Northern Coast]] ** [[Bekasi Sundanese|Bekasi]] ** Binong ** Bogor ** Karawang * Priangan ** Bandung ** Ciamis ** Garut ** Sumedang ** Tasikmalaya * Central–Eastern ** [[Brebes Sundanese|Brebes]] ** [[Cirebon Sundanese|Cirebon]] ** Indramayu ** Kuningan ** Majalengka | script = {{ubl|[[Latin script]] (present)|[[Sundanese script]] (present; optional)|[[Pegon script|Sundanese Pégon script]] (17–20th centuries AD, present; mostly on religious schools)|[[Old Sundanese script]] (14–18th centuries AD, present; optional)|[[Cacarakan|Sundanese Cacarakan script]] (17–19th centuries AD, present; certain areas)|[[Buda Script]] (13–15th centuries AD, present; optional)|[[Kawi script]] (historical)|[[Pallava Script|Pallava]] (historical)|[[Nāgarī script|Pranagari]] (historical)|[[Vatteluttu]] (historical)}} | nation = | iso1 = su | iso2 = sun | lc1 = sun | ld1 = Sundanese | lc2 = bac | ld2 = [[Baduy language|Baduy Sundanese]] | lc3 = osn | ld3 = [[Old Sundanese language|Old Sundanese]] | glotto = sund1252 | glottorefname = Sundanese | lingua = 31-MFN-a | notice = IPA | map = Sundanese_language_distribution_map.svg | mapcaption = {{legend|#0000FF|Areas where Sundanese is a majority native language}} {{legend|#0080FF|Areas where Sundanese is a minority language with >100,000 speakers}} {{legend|#00FFFF|Areas where Sundanese is a minority language with <100,000 speakers}} | agency = {{lang|su|Lembaga Basa jeung Sastra Sunda}} | pronunciation = {{IPA|su|basa sʊnda|}} }} {{Contains special characters|Sundanese}} [[File:Sundanese language distribution.svg|thumb|Location where Sundanese language spoken.]] [[File:WIKITONGUES- Yusuf speaking Sundanese.webm|thumb|A Sundanese speaker, recorded in [[Indonesia]].]] '''Sundanese''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|s|ʌ|n|d|ə|ˈ|n|iː|z}} {{respell|SUN|də|NEEZ}};<ref>{{Cite book |title=The Linguistics Student's Handbook |last=Bauer |first=Laurie |date=2007 |publisher=[[Edinburgh University Press]] |location=Edinburgh}}</ref> {{langx|su|label=[[endonym]]|basa Sunda}}, [[Sundanese script]]: {{lang|su|{{Sund|ᮘᮞ ᮞᮥᮔ᮪ᮓ}}}}, {{IPA|su|basa sunda|pron}}) is a [[Malayo-Polynesian languages|Malayo-Polynesian language]] spoken in [[Java]], primarily by the [[Sundanese people|Sundanese]]. It has approximately 32 million native speakers in the western third of [[Java]]; they represent about 15% of [[Indonesia]]'s total population.<ref name=e27/>
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