Sundanese-Baduy languages or simply Sundanese languages is one of the branches of several debatable language families, such as, Malayo-Sumbawan and Greater North Borneo in one Austronesian language family. Members in this language family include Sundanese along with dialects and Baduy which are linguistically related to Sundanese with a degree of mutual intelligibility which is high but is often considered a separate language for ethnic and cultural reasons. This language family is spoken mainly in the western part of the Java Island, as well as in other areas of Indonesia where diaspora of one of the speakers of this language family reside.

Sundanese-Baduy
Geographic distribution	Indonesia  Banten  West Java  Central Java Brebes Regency Cilacap Regency  Lampung (sebagian)  South Sumatra (via diaspora)  Bengkulu (via diaspora)  Southeast Sulawesi (via diaspora)  Malaysia (via diaspora)  Brunei Darussalam (via diaspora)  Japan (via diaspora)  Taiwan (via diaspora)
Native speakers	Native speaker: 43,217 million (2022)[1] language speaker: 48 million (2022)
Linguistic classification	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Western Malayo-Polynesian Greater North Borneo or Malayo-Sumbawan Sundanese-Baduy
Proto-language	Proto-Sundanese-Baduy
Subdivisions	Old Sundanese Modern Sundanese Banten Sundanese Banyumas Sundanese Bogor Sundanese Brebes Sundanese Ciamis Sundanese Cirebon Sundanese Indramayu Sundanese Majalengka Sundanese Priangan Sundanese Baduy
Linguasphere	31-MFN
Glottolog	sund1251  (Sundanese-Baduy)
Map of distribution Sundanese-Baduy languages

The most prominent language of this language family is Sundanese with the number of native speakers more than 40 million, spread over various regions of Indonesia.

Classification

According to the classification Glottolog (2022) and Ethnologue, The Sundanese language family consists of 2 languages, namely Sundanese and Baduy, Sundanese itself according to the classification of the glottologist is divided into several types of dialects, which are divided as follows.

References

Bibliography

• Ranabrata, U.D. (1991). Refleks Fonem Proto-Austronesia Bahasa Sunda (in Indonesian). Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan. ISBN 9794591203.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

External links

• Sundanese subgroup at MultiTree: A Digital Library of Language Relationships
• Sundanese subgroup at Ethnologue