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Location where Sundanese language spoken. A Sundanese speaker, recorded in Indonesia.. Sundanese (/ ˌ s ʌ n d ə ˈ n iː z / SUN-də-NEEZ; [2] endonym: basa Sunda, Sundanese script: ᮘᮞ ᮞᮥᮔ᮪ᮓ, Pegon script: بَاسَا سُوْندَا, pronounced [basa sunda]) is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken in Java, primarily by the Sundanese.
[3] [4] Other remains documenting the use of Old Sundanese are palm-leaf manuscripts from the Bandung, Garut, and Bogor regions. The manuscripts are now stored in several institutions, including Kabuyutan Ciburuy in Bayongbong Garut , Sri Baduga Museum in Bandung , the National Library of Indonesia in Jakarta , and the Bodleian Library in London.
After the formation and consolidation of the Sunda Kingdom's unity and identity during the Pajajaran era under the rule of Sri Baduga Maharaja (popularly known as King Siliwangi), the shared common identity of Sundanese people was more firmly established. They adopted the name "Sunda" to identify their kingdom, their people and their language.
Old Sundanese script (Sundanese: ᮃᮊ᮪ᮞᮛ ᮞᮥᮔ᮪ᮓ ᮘᮥᮠᮥᮔ᮪, romanized: Aksara Sunda Buhun) is a script that developed in West Java in the 14th–18th centuries which was originally used to write Old Sundanese language.
A Bantenese diaspora in Taiwan speaking Bantenese.. Banten Sundanese or Bantenese (Basa Sunda Banten or Basa Wewengkon Banten) is one of the Sundanese dialects spoken predominantly by the Bantenese — an indigenous ethnic group native to Banten — in the westernmost region of the island of Java, and in the western Bogor Regency (especially in Jasinga, [2] the districts of Cigudeg, Tenjo ...
Baduy (or sometimes referred to as Kanekes) is one of the Sundanese-Baduy languages spoken predominantly by the Baduy people. [2] It is conventionally considered a dialect of Sundanese, [3] but it is often considered a separate language due to its diverging vocabulary and cultural reasons that differ from the rest of the Sundanese people. [4]
The Sahul Shelf and the Sunda Shelf today. The area in between is called "Wallacea"Sundaland [1] (also called Sundaica or the Sundaic region) is a biogeographical region of Southeast Asia corresponding to a larger landmass that was exposed throughout the last 2.6 million years during periods when sea levels were lower.
The Sunda Kingdom (Sundanese: ᮊ (ka) ᮛ (ra) ᮏ (ja) ᮃ (a) ᮔ᮪ (n) ᮞᮥ (su) ᮔ᮪ (n) ᮓ (da), romanized: Karajaan Sunda, Indonesian pronunciation:) was a Sundanese Hindu kingdom located in the western portion of the island of Java from 669 to around 1579, covering the area of present-day Banten, Jakarta, West Java, and the western part of Central Java.