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Sundanese

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Sundanese and Japanese

Countries

Countries

West Java
Japan

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

Indonesia
Japan

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia
Asia, Pacific

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Palau

Regulated By

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Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education

Interesting Facts

  • The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.

Similar To

Madurese and Malay Languages
Korean Language

Derived From

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-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3399
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1614
9 60
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Scripts

Latin, Sundanese
Kana

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

65
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

40 weeks88 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Halo
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)

Thank You

Nuhun
ありがとう (Arigatō)

How Are You?

Kumaha kabarna?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)

Good Night

Wilujeng kulem
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)

Good Evening

Wilujeng wengi
こんばんは (Konbanwa)

Good Afternoon

Wilujeng siang
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)

Good Morning

Wilujeng énjing
おはよう (Ohayō)

Please

Mangga
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)

Sorry

Hapunten
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)

Bye

Wilujeng angkat
さようなら (Sayōnara)

I Love You

Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)

Excuse Me

Punten
すみません (Sumimasen)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Western dialect
Sanuki

Where They Speak

Banten
Kagawa

How Many People Speak

40,000,000.001,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Northern dialect
Hakata

Where They Speak

Bogor
Fukuoka

How Many People Speak

40,000,000.00127,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Priangan dialect
Kansai

Where They Speak

Bandung
kansai

How Many People Speak

40,000,000.00127,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

631
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

39.00 million128.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.57 %1.90 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

38.00 million128.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

39.00 million3.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Basa Sunda
日本語

Alternative Names

Priangan, Sunda
Nihongo

French Name

soundanais
japonais

German Name

Sundanesisch
Japanisch

Pronunciation

[sʊnˈdæniːs]
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]

Ethnicity

Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
Japanese (Yamato)

History

Origin

5th century AD
1185

Language Family

Austronesian Family
Japonic Family

Subgroup

Indonesian
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Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese

Standard Forms

Sundanese
Japanese

Language Position

428
1 120
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Signed Forms

Sundanese Sign Language
Signed Japanese

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

su
ja

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

sun
jpn

ISO 639 2/B

sun
jpn

ISO 639 3

sun
jpn

ISO 639 6

sun
jpn

Glottocode

sund1251
nucl1643

Linguasphere

No data available
45-CAA-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

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Agglutinative, Synthetic

Sundanese and Japanese Alphabets

Sundanese and Japanese Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Sundanese and Japanese. In Sundanese Alphabets there are 33 letters while in Japanese Alphabets there are 99 letters. To learn Sundanese and Japanese languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Sundanese and Japanese languages. The Sundanese phonology consist Sundanese vowels and Sundanese consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Sundanese greetings vs Japanese greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Sundanese and Japanese are Most Spoken Languages.

All Sundanese and Japanese Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Sundanese and Japanese dialects. Various dialects of Sundanese and Japanese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sundanese are spoken in different Sundanese Speaking Countries whereas Japanese Dialects are spoken in different Japanese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sundanese vs Japanese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sundanese dialects include: Western dialect, Northern dialect. Japanese dialects include: Sanuki , Hakata. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Sundanese and Japanese Speaking population

Sundanese and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sundanese and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Sundanese and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sundanese language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Sundanese and Japanese on Sundanese vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sundanese and Japanese Language Codes

Sundanese and Japanese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sundanese and Japanese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.