Sundanese people

ethnic group native to western regions of the Indonesian island of Java and Peninsular Malaysia
Person ethnic_group Q682079
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Summary

Sundanese people is an ethnic group[1]. They ranks in the top 4% of ethnic group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,474 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Native language: Sundanese[3], Indonesian[4], Malay[5], English[6]
  • Religion or worldview: Islam[7], Sunda Wiwitan[8], Protestantism[9], Catholicism[10], Hinduism[11]
  • Instance of: ethnic groups in Indonesia[12], native Indonesians[13], omnivore[14]
  • Location: West Java[15], Banten[16], Central Java[17], Jakarta[18], Kuala Lumpur[19], Selangor[20], Johor[21], Pahang[22], Perak[23]
  • Subclass of: native Indonesians[24]
  • Commons category: Sundanese[25]
  • Country of origin: Indonesia[26], Malaysia[27], Singapore[28]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Sundanese people[29]
  • Population: 45,000,000[30]
  • Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[31]
  • Languages spoken, written or signed: Sundanese[32], Indonesian[33], Malay[34], English[35]
  • Native label: ᮅᮛᮀ ᮞᮥᮔ᮪ᮓ[36]
  • Indigenous to: Indonesia[37], Malaysia[38], Singapore[39]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Ethnic groups[40], WikiProject Indonesia[41], WikiProject Malaysia[42], WikiProject Singapore[43]
  • P14541: 3XcDY2[44]

Why It Matters

Sundanese people has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[45] They is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[46]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [45] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [46] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4w ago · Bischrob · 2026-09-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sociomap id → SM257785
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Sociomap id: SM257785, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/273983|batch #273983]]"
  2. 8w ago · Sathira15 · 2026-08-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → ethnic group, ethnic groups in Indonesia, native Indonesians +1
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Instance of: omnivore, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1787632943024"
  3. 13w ago · Dirac · 2026-07-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Wedding in action.JPG
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Image: Wedding in action.JPG, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/261337|batch #261337]]"
  4. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 3XcDY2
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  5. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Location → West Java, Banten, Central Java +6
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007548492605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
  6. 24w ago · MuhdFajarM5 · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country of origin → —
    Indigenous to → Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore
    Native language → Sundanese, Indonesian, Malay +1
    Instance of → ethnic group, ethnic groups in Indonesia, native Indonesians +1
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|3 */ Indigenous to: Malaysia"
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