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
-
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
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3399
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
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
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
40 weeks88 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
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)
Dialect 1
Western dialect
Sanuki
Where They Speak
Banten
Kagawa
How Many People Speak
40,000,000.001,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Northern dialect
Hakata
Where They Speak
Bogor
Fukuoka
How Many People Speak
40,000,000.00127,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Priangan dialect
Kansai
Where They Speak
Bandung
kansai
How Many People Speak
40,000,000.00127,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
631
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
39.00 million128.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.57 %1.90 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
38.00 million128.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
39.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
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)
Origin
5th century AD
1185
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Japonic Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
-
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
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
-
Agglutinative, Synthetic