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Sundanese

Austronesian Languages

Sundanese is an Austronesian language spoken in Java, primarily by the Sundanese. It has approximately 32 million native speakers in the western third of Java, representing about 15 percent of Indonesia's total population.

Facts
ISO 639-3 Code
sun 1
Speaker Count
32,000,000 1
2015 estimate, native speakers.
Region
Western part of Java and surrounding areas 1
Sundanese
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Latin Script, Scripts

Modern Sundanese is standardly written in the Latin alphabet (the historical Sundanese script is now largely ceremonial).

Sources
1. Wikipedia: Sundanese Language
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  • Lead section
    Sundanese is an Austronesian language spoken in Java, primarily by the Sundanese. It has approximately 32 million native speakers in the western third of Java; they represent about 15% of Indonesia's total population.
  • Infobox, ISO 639-3
    sun
  • Infobox, Speakers
    32 million (2015)
  • Infobox, Region
    Western part of Java and surrounding areas
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