Sundanese
language spoken in Indonesia
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Summary
Sundanese is a natural language[1]. Sundanese draws 2,467 Wikipedia views per month (natural language category, ranking #125 of 734).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Indonesia[3], Malaysia[4], Singapore[5]
- Instance of: modern language[6], language[7]
- Follows: Old Sundanese[8]
- Subclass of: Greater North Borneo[9], Malayo-Sumbawan[10], Sundanese-Baduy[11]
- Writing system: Latin script[12], Sundanese script[13]
- Commons category: Sundanese language[14]
- Wikimedia language code: su[15]
- Has part(s): Hormat[16], Loma[17]
- Topic's main category: Category:Sundanese language[18]
- Described at URL: https://lpan.eva.mpg.de/austronesian/language.php?id=284[19]
- Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 32,400,000[20]
- Replaces: Old Sundanese[21]
- Native label: Basa Sunda[22], bahasa Sunda[23], Sunda[24]
- Different from: languages of Sudan[25], Kusunda[26]
- History of topic: history of Sundanese language[27]
- Indigenous to: Banten[28], West Java[29], Central Java[30], Jakarta[31], Malaysia[32], Singapore[33]
- Exact match: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/SUN[34]
- Permanent duplicated item: Q133693035[35]
- Ethnologue language status: 5 Developing[36]
- Linguistic typology: subject–verb–object[37]
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Languages[38], WikiProject Indonesia[39], WikiProject Malaysia[40], WikiProject Singapore[41]
Why It Matters
Sundanese has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] Sundanese is known by 60 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]
Sundanese has been cited as an influence by Indonesian[44], a language[45], in Indonesia[46].
FAQs
Who did Sundanese influence?
Sundanese has been cited as an influence by Indonesian[44].