Sundanese
Let an agent explain Sundanese, relay speakers, dialects, speech levels and scripts from linguistic and Indonesian sources, describe the named varieties and registers, and distinguish Sundanese from Javanese, Indonesian, Baduy and Sunda as a geographic term.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain Sundanese, relay speakers, dialects, speech levels and scripts from linguistic and Indonesian sources, describe the named varieties and registers, and distinguish Sundanese from Javanese, Indonesian, Baduy and Sunda as a geographic term.
An Austronesian language spoken by the Sundanese people, mainly in West Java and Banten in Indonesia, by tens of millions of speakers, making it one of Indonesia s largest regional languages, with a system of speech levels, undak-usuk basa, including the polite hormat or lemes register and the familiar loma register, dialects such as Priangan, the basis of the standard, Ciamis, and varieties spoken in areas such as Depok and Tegal Regency, and written in Latin script and in the revived Sundanese script, aksara Sunda.
What it is for: Communication among its speakers.
It can be explain speech levels and grammar; relay dialects and status; describe named varieties and registers; distinguish related languages.
Distinguishing features
Speech levels
Large speaker base
Regional language status
Own script revived
What it looks like
Not a visible object; written in Latin script and Sundanese script.
Physical character
speakers: about 30-40 million people - estimates vary
ISO 639-1: su code
ISO 639-3: sun code
Sundanese script in Unicode: 2008 year - Unicode 5.1
How it is recognised
Austronesian language of West Java
Sundanese in Depok, Sundanese in Tegal Regency, Ciamis Sundanese, Sundanese dialects, hormat, loma
Javanese is spoken further east; Indonesian is the national language; Baduy is a closely related variety; Sunda is also a geographic name
Related models
is a kind of - in general terms
is spoken by -
uses -
is contrasted with -
In practice
Families and kinds
Priangan standard Sundanese
Banten Sundanese
Cirebon and eastern dialects such as Ciamis
peripheral varieties such as in Tegal
hormat and loma registers
Identifiers
ISO 639-3 sun
Standards and regulation
West Java regional regulations on local language
Indonesian language law on regional languages
Failure modes and hazards
Confusing Sundanese and Javanese
Using wrong speech levels
Stale speaker figures
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What Sundanese is.
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is Sundanese, and how does it differ from Javanese, Indonesian, Baduy and the geographic term Sunda? definition
- Is the question about learning, speech levels, dialects or script? boundary
Varieties
Named varieties.
Varieties
Varieties.
- What are the Depok, Tegal and Ciamis varieties, and the hormat and loma registers? definition
- Which entry fits the specific variety? action
Linguistics Grammar and levels.
Sources.
Speech levels
Undak-usuk basa.
Speech levels
Speech levels.
- How do Sundanese speech levels express respect? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Grammar
Grammar.
Grammar
Grammar.
- What are key features of Sundanese grammar and phonology? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Status Status and script.
Regulation.
Policy
Language policy.
Policy
Policy.
- How is Sundanese taught and supported in West Java? provenance
- Which entry fits languages of Indonesia? action
Script
Sundanese script.
Script
Script.
- How was aksara Sunda revived and standardised? provenance
- Which entry fits Sundanese script? action
Context Culture.
Context.
Arts
Arts.
Arts
Arts.
- How is Sundanese used in wayang golek, degung and pop music? provenance
- Which entry fits wayang golek? action
History
History.
History
History.
- What do Old Sundanese manuscripts and inscriptions show? provenance
- Which entry fits Sunda Kingdom? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should hormat and loma be separate entries?
- How should Indonesian language sources be linked?
- How should local varieties be classified?