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Karawang language

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Karawang language
Native toIndonesia
RegionKarawang, the eastern region Bekasi and the western region Subang
Native speakers
1,250,000 (2015)[1]
Official status
Official language in
Karawang
Language codes
ISO 639-3

Language Karawang or Sundanese Karawang is one of the types of speech Sundanese used by some people in Karawang (except Pakisjaya and Tirtajaya whose inhabitants speak the language Betawi and Cilamaya whose inhabitants mostly speak the language Javanese Indramayu[2]) and parts of the eastern region Bekasi as well as the eastern region Subang bordering Karawang.[3]

Distribution[edit]

Sundanese Karawang generally does not recognize levels because some areas Karawang were once part of Sultanate of Banten after conquering Sunda Kelapa from power VOC. Linguistic maps in the provinces of West Java, Banten, and Special Capital Region of Jakarta Sundanese spoken in Karawang is almost similar to the Sundanese spoken in Bogor Regency the eastern and western regions Banten which generally do not recognize the level of language like other regions in West Java which uses the language level.[4]

Language comparisons[edit]

Vocabulary[edit]

Indonesian language Sundanese language
(Karawang)
Sundanese language
(Priangan)
sangat kacida pisan
dia nyanehna anjeunna
susah hese hese
seperti jiga siga
tidak pernah tara tara
saya aing abdi
kamu sia/maneh/nyaneh anjeun
kalian daria/maraneh aranjeun
mereka dararia/maranehna aranjeuna
mereka maraneh aranjeuna
melihat nempo ningali/nenjo
makan dahar/madang tuang/dahar
kenapa naha naha
singkong sampeu sampeu
mau hayang palay
tidak mau embung alim
depan hareup payun
belakang tukang pengker
dikubur diurugan disaeur
repot riweuh riweuh
baju acuk acuk
teman batur batur
darah geutih geutih
sekarang kiwari kiwari
malas horéam horéam

References[edit]

  1. Mikael Parkvall. Världens 100 största språk 2007. Nationalencyklopedin. Search this book on
  2. "Ragam bahasa di Karawang". ejournal.com.
  3. "Sunda Karawang". kompasiana.com. 3 January 2021.
  4. "Bahasa Sunda Banten". kalakayjasinga.com.




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