Sundanese is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by the Sundanese. It has approximately 40 million native speakers in the western third of Java; they represent about 15% of Indonesia's total population.
West Java is a province of Indonesia on the western part of the island of Java, with its provincial capital in Bandung. West Java is bordered by the province of Banten and the country's capital region of Jakarta to the west, the Java Sea to the north, the province of Central Java to the east and the Indian Ocean to the south. With Banten, this province is the native homeland of the Sundanese people, the second-largest ethnic group in Indonesia.
Cirebon is a port city on the northern coast of the Indonesian island of Java. It is the only coastal city of West Java, located about 40 km west of the provincial border with Central Java, approximately 297 km (185 mi) east of Jakarta, at 6°43′S108°34′E. It had a population of 296,389 at the 2010 census and 333,303 at the 2020 census.
The Sunda or Sundanese are an indigenous ethnic group native to the western region of Java island in Indonesia. They number approximately 42 million and form Indonesia's second most populous ethnic group. They speak the Sundanese language, which is part of the Austronesian languages.
The Cirebon or Cirebonese are an indigenous ethnic group native to Cirebon in the northeastern region of West Java, Indonesia. There are approximately 1.9 million Cirebonese population, they are mostly Muslims adhered to Sunni. Their native language is the Cirebonese, which is a form of mixed language between the Javanese and Sundanese, with a heavier influence from Javanese.
Kuningan Regency is a regency (kabupaten) of West Java province of Indonesia. It covers an area of 1,194.09 km2, and it had a population of 1,035,589 at the 2010 census and 1,167,686 at the 2020 census. Kuningan Regency is located in the east of the province, south of Cirebon Regency and bordering Central Java Province to the east. The town and district of Kuningan is its administrative capital.
Cirebon Regency is a regency (kabupaten) of West Java, Indonesia. Sumber is its capital. It covers 1,070.29 km2 and had a population of 2,068,116 at the 2010 census and 2,270,621 at the 2020 census. These area and population figures exclude those of Cirebon City, which is an independent administration, although totally surrounded by the regency on its landward side.
Indramayu Regency is a regency (kabupaten) of West Java province of Indonesia. It covers an area of 2,099.42 km2, and had a population of 1,663,737 at the 2010 census and 1,834,434 at the 2020 census. The town of Indramayu is its capital.
The Bantenese people or Sundanese-Bantenese are an indigenous Sundanese people ethnic group native to Banten in the westernmost hemiphere of Java island, Indonesia. The area of Banten province corresponds more or less with the area of the former Banten Sultanate, a Banten nation state that precedes Indonesia. In his book "The Sultanate of Banten", Guillot Claude writes on page 35: “These estates, owned by the Bantenese of Chinese descent, were concentrated around the village of Kelapadua.” Most of Bantenese are Sunni Muslim. The Bantenese speak the Bantenese language is a dialect of the Sundanese language which does not have a general linguistic register, this language is called Basa Sunda Banten.
The Sultanate of Cirebon was an Islamic sultanate in West Java founded in the 15th century. It is said to have been founded by Sunan Gunungjati, as marked by his letter proclaiming Cirebon's independence from Pajajaran in 1482, although the settlement and the polity had been established earlier, in 1445. Sunan Gunungjati also established the Sultanate of Banten. It was one of the earliest Islamic states established in Java, along with the Sultanate of Demak.
Parahyangan is a cultural and mountainous region in West Java province on the Indonesian island of Java. Covering a little less than one sixth of Java, it is the heartland of Sundanese people and their culture. It is bordered to the West by Banten province, to the North by the northern coast region of Subang, Cirebon and Indramayu, to the east by Central Java province, and to the south by the Indian Ocean.
Sundanese Banten or Bantenese is one of the Sundanesic languages dialect spoken predominantly by the Bantenese —an indigenous ethnic group native to Banten— in the westernmost hemisphere of Java island, and in the western Bogor Regency, as well as the northwestern parts of Sukabumi Regency. The Bantenese language is the lingua franca of the Kasepuhan Ciptagelar traditional community in the Cisolok district and the Kasepuhan Banten Kidul traditional community in the Lebak Regency.
The West Java Regional People's Representative Council is the unicameral legislature of the Indonesian province of West Java.
Brebes Sundanese is the dialect of Sundanese language used by some people in Brebes Regency, Central Java, especially in the southern and southwestern parts of the region. The area of Brebes Regency is one of the districts in Central Java which borders the West Java region.
Indramayu Sundanese or Indramayu Sundanese dialect or also Indramayu dialect is a term for a variety of conversation Sundanese language which is locally known as the Sunda Léa language in Lelea and the language of Sunda Paréan in Kandanghaur in the Indramayu Regency. By phonological, the dialects spoken in these areas are included in the non-h Sundanese dialect type, so that, in his vocabulary, the consonant sound /h/ is not realized in all positions, besides the consonant /h/, this dialect also does not have a vowel sound /eu/ like the Sundanese dialect in general. This dialect is also considered a phase of the old Sundanese language because its vocabulary is somewhat archaic or still retains the lexical forms of its predecessor language, namely Old Sundanese language.
Banyumas Sundanese is a Sundanese dialect which was previously spoken by some people in the southwest region of the province of Central Java precisely in Dermaji sub-district, Lumbir district and southern Gumelar district in Banyumas Regency and parts of the Bantarsari and Karangpucung district in Cilacap Regency. The Sundanese spoken in Dermaji Village includes Sundanese which is classified as rough or does not know the level of language. Dermaji people call it the term Sundanese "badeolan".
Lampung-Komering or Lampungic is a language family or dialect group from Austronesian languages with the number of teak speakers around 1.75 million, spoken by the Lampung people in the Lampung province and the Lampung Cikoneng sub-group in the Banten province, and Komering in South Sumatra Province. There are 3 varieties of languages in the Lampungic languages, namely Lampung Api or called Coastal or dialect A, Lampung Nyo or called Abung or dialect O, and Komering. The last variety is sometimes considered as part of the Lampung Api language due to the many similarities and similarities of several vocabulary words.
