Sundanese Alphabet

To learn Sundanese language, Alphabets are the main part of language learning. Here you learn Sundanese alphabet/Sundanese letter. If you are interested to learn Sundanese language, this place will help you to learn Sundanese alphabet/character in Sundanese and their pronunciation in English. Language is a communication tool in which knowledge, emotions and feeling convey to others. To learn Sundanese language, first we learn Sundanese alphabets and then learn Sundanese alphabets with words and images and their pronunciation in English. Common vocabulary is one of the important sections. Common Vocabulary contains common words that we can used in daily life conversations.

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Sundanese alphabet are called Aksara sunda. Sundanese vowels are known as vokal and Sundanese consonants are known as konsonan. Sundanese languages are spoken in Indonesia over 43 million native speakers to communicates their language. Sundanese alphabet has 32 letters contains 7 vowels, 23 consonants and two foreign words/loanwords as shown in below table and their pronunciation in English.

• 7 vowels • 23 consonants • 2 loanwords

Sundanese Vowels

Sundanese vowels are known as vokal. Sundanese alphabet has 7 vowels. Here we learn Sundanese vowels and their pronunciation in English.

SUNDANESE VOWELS

Capital Letter	Small Letter	Pronunciation
A	a	a
E	e	e
É	é	ee
Eu	eu	eu
I	i	i
O	o	o
U	u	u

Sundanese Consonants

Sundanese consonants are known as konsonan. Sundanese alphabet has 23 consonants. Here we learn Sundanese consonants and their pronunciation in English.

SUNDANESE CONSONANTS

Capital Letter	Small Letter	Pronunciation
B	b	be
C	c	ce
D	d	de
F	f	ef
G	g	ge
H	h	aitch
J	j	jay
K	k	kay
L	l	el
M	m	em
N	n	en
P	p	pe
Q	q	cue
R	r	ar
S	s	ess
T	t	te
V	v	ve
W	w	double-u
X	x	ex
Y	y	wye
Z	z	zed

Sundanese Loanwords

Loanword means letter adopted from one language into another language without translation. Some of the Latin letters are not used in Sundanese alphabets, which are not part of the proper alphabet these all just appear only in loanwords (rare letters), which are named as foreign consonants / loanwords as shown below,

LOANWORDS

Capital Letter	Small Letter	Pronunciation
Kha	kha	kha
Sya	sya	sya

All Sundanese Alphabets

SUNDANESE ALPHABETS

Capital	Small	Pronunciation
A	a	a
B	b	be
C	c	ce
D	d	de
E	e	e
É	é	ee
Eu	eu	eu
F	f	ef
G	g	ge
H	h	aitch
I	i	i
J	j	jay
K	k	kay
L	l	el
M	m	em
N	n	en
O	o	o
P	p	pe
Q	q	cue
R	r	ar
S	s	ess
T	t	te
U	u	u
V	v	ve
W	w	double-u
X	x	ex
Y	y	wye
Z	z	zed
Kha	kha	kha
Sya	sya	sya

Read also: Numbers in Sundanese and English

Top 1000 Sundanese words

Here you learn top 1000 Sundanese words, that is separated into sections to learn easily (Simple words, Easy words, Medium words, Hard Words, Advanced Words). These words are very important in daily life conversations, basic level words are very helpful for beginners. All words have Sundanese meanings with transliteration.

Eat	dahar
All	sadayana
New	anyar
Snore	ngorok
Fast	gancang
Help	Tulung
Pain	nyeri
Rain	hujan
Pride	kareueus
Sense	rasa
Large	badag
Skill	kaahlian
Panic	panik
Thank	hatur nuhun
Desire	kahayang
Woman	awewe
Hungry	kalaparan

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Daily use Sundanese Sentences

Here you learn top Sundanese sentences, these sentences are very important in daily life conversations, and basic-level sentences are very helpful for beginners. All sentences have Sundanese meanings with transliteration.

Good morning	Wilujeng énjing
What is your name	Saha nami anjeun
What is your problem	naon masalah anjeun?
I hate you	abdi ngéwa ka anjeun
I love you	abdi bogoh ka anjeun
Can I help you	naon anu abdi tiasa bantosan?
I am sorry	hapunten
I want to sleep	abdi hoyong bobo
This is very important	Ieu penting pisan
Are you hungry	Anjeun lapar?
How is your life	kumaha hirup anjeun?
I am going to study	abdi bade diajar