Sundanese

//sʌndəˈniːz// adj, name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A member of an ethnic group in the western part of the island of Java in Indonesia, numbering approximately 42 million.

    "According to these reports, which could not be verified, the Sundanese were preparing to declare their freedom from the new Indonesian Republic and to ask the Dutch for military protection."

  2. 2
    the Indonesian language spoken on West Java wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to the Sundanese people. not-comparable
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The language of the Sundanese people.
  2. 2
    The abugida used to write the Sundanese language.

Synonyms

All synonyms
basa sundasundanese language

Example

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"The Sundanese people live in Indonesia."

Etymology

From Sundanese ᮞᮥᮔ᮪ᮓ (sunda).

Related phrases

basa sunda

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