Sundanese

Sundanese
1. noun
a) An ethnic group in the western part of the island of Java in Indonesia, numbering approximately 33 million.
b) The language of the Sundanese people. The language is also known as Basa Sunda.
Of or pertaining to the Sundanese people.

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