Sunda

SUN

developing

Alternate Names: Priangan, Sundanese

Dialects: Bogor (Krawang), Cirebon, Pringan.

Status Notes: De facto language of provincial identity in western Java.

Genealogy:

Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Sundanese

Demographics: 34,000,000 (2000 census).

Language Use: All domains. All ages. Positive attitudes. 5% also use Dutch [nld]. Also use Indonesian [ind].

Language Development: Poetry. Magazines. Newspapers. Radio programs. Bible: 1891–1991.

Writing System: Arabic, Javanese, Latin

Nation of Origin: Indonesia

Other Comments: Muslim, traditional religion.