Sundanese language

Sundanese
Sundanese
Basa Sunda; ᮘᮞ ᮞᮥᮔ᮪ᮓ; بَاسَا سُوْندَا
	Sunda in Sundanese script
Pronunciation	[basa sʊnda]; [basa suna] (dialectal)
Native to	Indonesia
Region	West Java, Banten, Jakarta, small parts of western Central Java, and southern Lampung
Ethnicity	Sundanese Bantenese; Cirebonese; Baduy; Ciptagelar; Benteng Chinese;
Native speakers	32 million (2015)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Sundanese; ;
Early forms	Old Sundanese Classical Sundanese ;
Standard forms	Priangan Sundanese;
Dialects	Baduy (considered a separate language); Banten Pandeglang; Serang; Tangerang; ; Banyumas †; Northern Coast Bekasi; Binong; Bogor; Karawang; ; Priangan Bandung; Ciamis; Garut; Sumedang; Tasikmalaya; ; Central–Eastern Brebes; Cirebon; Indramayu; Kuningan; Majalengka; ;
Writing system	Latin script (Sundanese Latin alphabet) (present); Sundanese script (present; optional); Sundanese Pégon script (17–20th centuries AD, present; mostly on religious schools); Old Sundanese script (14–18th centuries AD, present; optional); Sundanese Cacarakan script (17–19th centuries AD, present; certain areas); Buda script (13–15th centuries AD, present; optional); Kawi script (historical); Pallava (historical); Pranagari (historical); Vatteluttu (historical);
Official status
Regulated by	Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa Lembaga Basa jeung Sastra Sunda
Language codes
ISO 639-1	su
ISO 639-2	sun
ISO 639-3	Variously:; sun – Sundanese; bac – Baduy Sundanese; osn – Old Sundanese
Glottolog	sund1252
Linguasphere	31-MFN-a
	Areas where Sundanese is a majority native language Areas where Sundanese is a minority language with >100,000 speakers Areas where Sundanese is a minority language with <100,000 speakers
	Areas where Sundanese is the native and majority language Areas where Sundanese is a minority language Sundanese diaspora community that speaks Sundanese partially

Sundanese (/ˌsʌndəˈniːz/ SUN-də-NEEZ; endonym: Basa Sunda, Sundanese script: ᮘᮞ ᮞᮥᮔ᮪ᮓ, Pegon script: بَاسَا سُوْندَا, pronounced [basa sʊnda]) 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.