Sundanese
Basa Sunda
Austronesian · Indonesia
Endangerment: Safe — Spoken by all generations and learned naturally by children.
Sampurasun, bungah pisan tiasa tepang sareng anjeun.
The North Wind and the Sun
Angin kalér jeung panonpoé keur paséa, saha nu leuwih kuat. Harita aya hiji nu ngumbara maké jas haneut keur leumpang di jalan. Duanana satuju, saha nu pangheulana bisa nyieun nu ngumbara muka jasna, nya éta nu dianggap leuwih kuat. Angin kalér niup sakuat tanaga, tapi beuki tarik angin niup, nu ngumbara beuki pageuh nyekel jasna. Ahirna angin kalér nyerah. Ayeuna giliran panonpoé nu nyorot haneut, sarta nu ngumbara langsung muka jasna. Ku kituna angin kalér kapaksa ngaku yén panonpoé leuwih kuat ti manéhna.
- It's spoken in western Java and is Indonesia's second-largest regional language after Javanese.
- The vowel written 'eu' sounds close to the Korean 'ㅡ'.
- Some plurals are made by putting '-ar-' inside the word: 'budak' (child) becomes 'barudak' (children).
- Casual and polite speech use different words: 'to eat' is 'dahar' casually and 'tuang' politely.