Editing Sundanese language (section)

==Register==
Sundanese has an elaborate system of [[Register (sociolinguistics)|register]] distinguishing levels of formality.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Anderson |first=E. A. |title=Papers in Southeast Asian Linguistics No. 16 |publisher=Pacific Linguistics |year=1997  |editor-last=Clark |editor-first=M. |location=Canberra |pages=1–45 |chapter=The use of speech levels in Sundanese |doi=10.15144/PL-A90.1 |doi-access=free }}</ref> At the beginning of speech level development, it was known 6 levels of Sundanese language: ''basa kasar'' (rough), ''sedeng'' (medium), ''lemes'' (polite), ''lemes pisan'' (very polite), ''kasar pisan'' (very rough), and ''basa panengah'' (intermediate). But since the 1988 Congress of Sundanese Language in Bogor, the speech level has been narrowed to only two parts: ''basa hormat'' (respectful) and ''basa loma'' (fair). Besides that, the term was changed to "''tatakrama basa''" ({{lit|language manners}}), although the substance remained the same. The ''hormat'' variant is a subtle language to respect, while the loma variant is fair, neutral and familiar use. This variety of ''loma'' language is then used as a kind of "standard" variety of written languages in Sundanese society. Sundanese magazines, newspapers, literary books and theses, mostly using the ''loma'' variant.

Apart from the two previous levels, there is actually one more lowest level, namely ''cohag'' (rough). This level is only used when angry or just to show intimacy between speakers. This register can only be found in the [[Priangan|Sundanese Priangan]] dialect, while other dialects such as [[Bantenese language|Bantenese Language]], generally do not recognize this register.

For many words, there are distinct ''loma'' and ''lemes'' forms, e.g. ''arék'' (loma) vs. ''badé'' (lemes) "want", ''maca'' (loma) vs. ''maos'' (lemes) "read". In the ''lemes'' level, some words further distinguish humble and respectful forms, the former being used to refer to oneself, and the latter for the addressee and third persons, e.g. ''rorompok'' "(my own) house" vs. ''bumi'' "(your or someone else's) house" (the ''loma'' form is ''imah'').

Similar systems of speech levels are found in [[Honorific speech in Japanese|Japanese]], [[Korean honorifics|Korean]] and [[Thai language#Register|Thai]].