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| Cirebon Sundanese | |
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| Basa Sunda Cirebon | |
 Book cover of Struktur Bahasa Sunda Dialek Cirebon published in 1985. | |
| Region | ex-Residency of Cirebon and its surroundings, which includes Kuningan, Majalengka, Cirebon, and Indramayu |
Austronesian
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| Dialects | Brebes Cirebon Indramayu Kuningan Majalengka |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | cire1239 cire1241 |
Cirebon Sundanese (Sundanese: Basa Sunda Cirebon), known as Northeast Sundanese, is a collection of Sundanese language varieties found in the former Cirebon Residency area and its surroundings, which includes Kuningan, Majalengka, Cirebon (city and regency), and Indramayu. The Cirebon Sundanese is estimated to have about 60% of the total population inhabiting the former Cirebon Residency area as its speakers. [1] Referring to statistical data in 2020, the accumulated population in the former Cirebon Residency area is 6,567,393, thus the number of Cirebon Sundanese speakers is about 3,940,436 people.
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Cirebon Sundanese includes a wide variety of conversations or dialects from Sundanese in the Northeast dialect (Kuningan), Sundanese in the Middle-East dialect (Majalengka), and several varieties of Sundanese dialects that directly border the Javanese cultural area or Cirebon culture, for example, the Parean Sundanese in Kandanghaur and the Lelea Sundanese in Lelea, Indramayu Regency, which borders directly with the Cirebon-Indramayu cultural area which uses the Cirebon-Indramayu dialect. The Banyumas Javanese dialect was brought by immigrants from Tegal and Brebes in the early 20th century via the Tegal-Brebes railway line to the western region of Indramayu, also influencing the Sundanese language there. [2]
The Cirebon Sundanese language is still alive and used today as an oral means of communication in daily activities and socio-cultural life since ancient times. [1] The considerable distance between the region of Cirebon Sundanese speakers and the Priangan Sundanese (standard Sundanese) has caused distinctiveness in Cirebon Sundanese which differs from standard Sundanese. These differences are found in terms of language structure, vocabulary, and intonation, thereby creating certain patterns in phrases, clauses, and sentence arrangements. [1] Because the Cirebon Sundanese has a fairly wide area of speech, its function and position hold significant meaning. From the realities encountered in the field, the Cirebon Sundanese is used as a link between community members and government officials, as well as among community members themselves. [1]
