Countries
West Java
Indonesia
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Indonesia
Indonesia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname
Regulated By
-
-
Interesting Facts
- The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
- The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
- The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
Similar To
Madurese and Malay Languages
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3327
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
56
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1621
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin, Sundanese
Arabic, Javanese, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
64
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
40 weeks36 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Halo
Halo
Thank You
Nuhun
matur nuwun
How Are You?
Kumaha kabarna?
piye kabare?
Good Night
Wilujeng kulem
wengi sing apik
Good Evening
Wilujeng wengi
Sugeng sọnten
Good Afternoon
Wilujeng siang
Sugeng siang
Good Morning
Wilujeng énjing
Sugeng énjing
Please
Mangga
matur nuwun
Sorry
Hapunten
Nyuwun pangapunten
Bye
Wilujeng angkat
Kepanggih malih benjang
I Love You
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
Kula tresna panjengan
Excuse Me
Punten
Nuwun séwu
Dialect 1
Western dialect
Pekalongan
Where They Speak
Banten
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
40,000,000.0082,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Northern dialect
Cirebon
Where They Speak
Bogor
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
40,000,000.0082,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Priangan dialect
Arekan
Where They Speak
Bandung
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
40,000,000.0082,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
616
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
39.00 million82.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.57 %1.25 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
38.00 million76.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
39.00 million82.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Basa Sunda
basa Jawa
Alternative Names
Priangan, Sunda
Djawa, Jawa
French Name
soundanais
javanais
German Name
Sundanesisch
Javanisch
Pronunciation
[sʊnˈdæniːs]
[dʒɑˈʋɑnɛs]
Ethnicity
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)
Origin
5th century AD
450 AD
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Indonesian
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Sundanese
Javanese
Language Position
4211
1
120
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Signed Forms
Sundanese Sign Language
Javanese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
su
jv
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sun
jav
ISO 639 2/B
sun
jav
ISO 639 3
sun
jav
ISO 639 6
sun
jav
Glottocode
sund1251
java1253
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative