Sundanese is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by about 39 million people mainly in western Java in Indonesia. There are also speakers in Banten, Jakarta, parts of western Central Java and southern Lampung. It is the third most-spoken language in Indonesia. Sundanese is closely related to Madurese and Malay, and more distantly related to Javanese.
There are six main dialects of Sundanese: Western, Northern, Southern or Priangan, Mid-east, Northeast and Southeast. The Southern or Priangan dialect is the most widely-spoken and is taught in schools in West Java and Banten Province.
f, kh, q, sy, v and z are only used in loanwords and foreign names.
Information about the Sundanese Latin alphabet providied Michael Peter Füstumum
Sundanese is normally written with the Latin alphabet, however the Sundanese script is still used to some extent. The Sundanese script developed from the Old Sundanese script (Aksara Sunda Kuna), which was used between the 14th and 18th centuries, and was standardized during the 1990s. Sundanese has also been written with a version of the Arabic script known as Pegon, and with the Javanese alphabet.
Learn the Sundanese alphabet
Video by Fim Anugrah. See part 2 and part 3 of this series, or Fim's blog.
Corrections by Arif Budiarto and Ridwan Maulana
Sakumna jalma gubrag ka alam dunya téh sipatna merdika jeung boga martabat katut hak-hak anu sarua. Maranéhna ibéré akal jeung haté nurani, campur-gaul jeung sasamana aya dina sumanget duduluran.
Listen to a recording of this text by Bryan Chew
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They
are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another
in a spirit of brotherhood.
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)
Information about Sundanese | Phrases | Numbers | Tower of Babel
Information about the Sundanese language and script
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sundanese_language
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sundanese_script
http://members.tripod.com/~JafarKareem/navigate.html
http://countrystudies.us/indonesia/46.htm
http://www.ling.hawaii.edu/ldtc/languages/sunda/
Latin > Sundanese script convertor and Sundanese font
http://sabilulungan.org/aksara/
Sundanese courses
http://ilanguages.org/sundanese.php
http://polymath.org/sundanese.php
http://learn101.org/sundanese.php
http://www.unilang.org/viewtopic.php?f=99&t=27969
Sundanese phrases
http://www.unilang.org/viewtopic.php?f=99&t=27969
http://www.geocities.co.jp/Foodpia/8833/bahasasunda.html
http://www.phrasebase.com/archive2/sundanese/first-lesson.html
Languages written with the Latin alphabet
Ahom, Aima, Arleng, Badagu, Badlit, Balinese, Balti-A, Balti-B, Batak, Baybayin, Bengali, Bhaiksuki, Bhujimol, Bilang-bilang, Bima, Blackfoot, Brahmi, Buhid, Burmese, Carrier, Chakma, Cham, Cree, Dehong Dai, Devanagari, Dham Lipi, Dhankari / Sirmauri, Ditema, Dives Akuru, Dogra, Ethiopic, Evēla Akuru, Fraser, Gond, Goykanadi, Grantha, Gujarati, Gunjala Gondi, Gupta, Gurmukhi, Halbi Lipi, Hanifi, Hanuno'o, Hočąk, Ibalnan, Inuktitut, Jaunsari Takri, Javanese, Kaithi, Kadamba, Kamarupi, Kannada, Kawi, Kerinci, Kharosthi, Khema, Khe Prih, Khmer, Khojki, Khudabadi, Kirat Rai, Kōchi, Kulitan, Kurukh Banna, Lampung, Lanna, Lao, Lepcha, Limbu, Lontara/Makasar, Lota Ende, Magar Akkha, Mahajani, Malayalam, Manpuri, Meroïtic, Masarm Gondi, Modi, Mon, Mongolian Horizontal Square Script, Multani, Nandinagari, Newa, New Tai Lue, Ojibwe, Odia, Pahawh Hmong, Pallava, Phags-pa, Purva Licchavi, Qiang / Rma, Ranjana, Rejang (Kaganga), Sasak, Savara, Satera Jontal, Shan, Sharda, Siddham, Sinhala, Sorang Sompeng, Sourashtra, Soyombo, Sukhothai, Sundanese, Syloti Nagri, Tagbanwa, Takri, Tamil, Tanchangya (Ka-Pat), Tani, Thaana, Telugu, Thai, Tibetan, Tigalari, Tikamuli, Tocharian, Tolong Siki, Vatteluttu, Warang Citi
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