Local name:	Basa Sunda
Language family:	Austronesian > Malayo-Plynesian > Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian > Malayo-Sumbawan
Native speakers:	~ 34 millions (Ethnologue.com, 2000)
Script:	A modified version of the Latin alphabet
Official in:	Indonesia (West Java)
Spoken mostly in:	Indonesia

Sundanese is one of the biggest languages spoken in Indonesia, with more native speakers than the national language. It is evidently related to Indonesian, Malay and Javanese. Most speakers live in the western third of the island Java.  Sundanese can be divided into several dialects, of which Priangan is the most important one and functions as the standard Sundanese.

Sundanese is an agglutinative language, and also has a strict language etiquette with a difference in vocabulary for communication with superiors, equals and subordinates respectively.

Priangan (Standard Sundanese): “Angin Kaler jeung Panonpoe”
Speaker: Damar Age at recording: 34 (2011) Geographical reference: Bandung, ID (Google Map)



Angin kaler jeung panonpoe keur pasea ngeunaan saha nu pangkuatna pas saurang musafir nu make baju haneut datang.
Maranehna satuju saha anu bisa nyieun si musafir muka baju haneutna dianggap nu leuwih kuat ti nu sejen.
Tuluy Angin Kaler niup sakuatna.
Ngan beuki kuat manehna niup, beuki pageuh si musafir makekeun baju haneut ka awakna; nepikeun tungtungna Angin Kaler taluk.
Tuluy Panonpoe moncorong haneut pisan, saharita keneh si musafir ngalaan baju haneutna.
Kusabab kitu Angin Kaler kudu daek ngaku yen Panonpoe anu leuwih kuat diantara maranehna.