Sundanese language
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Sundanese (Basa Sunda, literally "language of Sunda") is the language of about 27,000,000 people from the western third of Java or about 15% of Indonesian population.
It is classified in Austronesian - Malayo-Polynesian - Western Malayo-Polynesian - Sundic language family and has several dialects based on the locations of the people:
Priangan, which cover the most area of Sunda, is the main dialect of Sundanese language taught in elementary till junior-high schools (equivalent to ninth-year school grade).
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Phonology
Currently, Sundanese is written in Latin script and is highly phonetical. There are five pure vowel sounds: a (similar to the sound in bus), é (as in get), i (shorter than in eat), o (shorter than in dawn), u (as in put), and two neutral vowels like the second vowel of water which is spelled e, and eu (as 'eau' in plateau); and no diphthong. The consonantic phonemes are rendered by the letters p, b, t, d, k, g, c (pronounced like the ch in cheese), j, h, ng (which also occurs initially), ny (as in canyon), m, n, s (voiceless, as in sun or cats), w, l, r (trilled or flapped) and y. Other consonants that originally appear in Indonesian loanwords mostly transferred into main consonants: f -> p, v -> p, sy -> s, sh -> s, z -> j, and kh (as in loch) -> h.
Basic grammar
Anging. Ê===Root word=== (to be written). i really miss you
Active form
(to be written).
Negation
(to be written).
Question
(to be written).
Passive form
(to be written).
Adjectives
(to be written).
Prepositions
Place
English | Sundanese (normal) | Sundanese (polite) |
---|---|---|
above .. | diluhureun .. | diluhureun .. |
behind .. | ditukangeun .. | dipengkereun .. |
under .. | dihandapeun .. | dihandapeun .. |
inside .. | di jero .. | di lebet .. |
outside .. | di luar .. | di luar .. |
between .. and .. | di antara .. jeung .. | di antawis .. sareng .. |
front .. | hareup .. | payun .. |
back .. | tukang .. | pengker .. |
Time
English | Sundanese (normal) | Sundanese (polite) |
---|---|---|
before | saacan | sateuacan |
after | sanggeus | saparantos |
during | basa | nalika |
past | baheula | kapungkur |
Miscellaneous
English | Sundanese (normal) | Sundanese (polite) |
---|---|---|
from | tina | tina |
for | jang | kanggo |
Conjuctives
(to be written).
See also
External links
id:Bahasa Sunda jv:Basa Sundha ka:სუნდური ენა ms:Bahasa Sunda nl:Soendanees ja:スンダ語 su:Basa Sunda fi:Sundan kieli