Sundanese language

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)[1]
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.

1. ↑ Muamar, Aam (2016-08-08). "Mempertahankan Eksistensi Bahasa Sunda" [Maintaining the existence of Sundanese Language]. Pikiran Rakyat (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 22 June 2019. Retrieved 2018-09-27.
2. ↑ Bauer, Laurie (2007). The Linguistics Student's Handbook. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.